Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamenda weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bamenda: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 290 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbouda (39 km away). In May its highs average 24.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bamenda, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bamenda ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Bamenda is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 290 mm to 325 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mbouda in MayCameroon · 39 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Bafoussam in MayCameroon · 61 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Kumbo in MayCameroon · 63 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 256 mm rain
- Foumbot in MayCameroon · 74 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Foumban in MayCameroon · 87 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Melong in MayCameroon · 95 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MayCameroon · 114 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Ikom in MayNigeria · 159 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 282 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.