Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamenda weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bamenda: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 331 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbouda (39 km away). In August its highs average 22.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bamenda, with 263 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bamenda ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Bamenda is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 331 mm to 375 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bamenda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 8.5 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 28 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 129 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 287 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 290 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 325 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 23.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 346 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 22.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 331 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 375 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 288 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 7.0 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Mbouda in AugustCameroon · 39 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 263 mm rain
- Bafoussam in AugustCameroon · 61 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 259 mm rain
- Kumbo in AugustCameroon · 63 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 551 mm rain
- Foumbot in AugustCameroon · 74 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Foumban in AugustCameroon · 87 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 311 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 95 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 114 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Ikom in AugustNigeria · 159 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 307 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bamenda) is explained once on the Bamenda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.