Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamenda weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Bamenda: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbouda (39 km away). In February its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Bamenda, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bamenda ranks 10th of 24 for the warmest February highs and joint 10th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Bamenda is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbouda in FebruaryCameroon · 39 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Bafoussam in FebruaryCameroon · 61 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Kumbo in FebruaryCameroon · 63 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Foumbot in FebruaryCameroon · 74 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Foumban in FebruaryCameroon · 87 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Melong in FebruaryCameroon · 95 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in FebruaryCameroon · 114 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Ikom in FebruaryNigeria · 159 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 34 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.