Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamenda weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Bamenda: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 346 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbouda (39 km away). In July its highs average 22.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bamenda, with 273 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bamenda ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 25.8°C; Bamenda is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 346 mm to 331 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mbouda in JulyCameroon · 39 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 273 mm rain
- Bafoussam in JulyCameroon · 61 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 240 mm rain
- Kumbo in JulyCameroon · 63 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 494 mm rain
- Foumbot in JulyCameroon · 74 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 249 mm rain
- Foumban in JulyCameroon · 87 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 270 mm rain
- Melong in JulyCameroon · 95 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 366 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JulyCameroon · 114 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 366 mm rain
- Ikom in JulyNigeria · 159 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 296 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.