Climate averages 1991–2020

Foumban weather
in April.

A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 140 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Foumban · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Foumban: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (38 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Foumban, with 152 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumban ranks 17th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Foumban is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 185 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Foumban climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Foumban, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.5°C17.6°C17.6°C1.40.511.812 h
February 31.8°C18.7°C18.7°C9.41.511.912 h
March 30.7°C19.6°C19.6°C527.812.112 h
April, selected 27.7°C19.4°C19.4°C14019.812.212 h
May 26.1°C18.8°C18.8°C18526.012.412 h
June 25.1°C18.1°C18.1°C18825.612.412 h
July 24.3°C17.6°C17.6°C27028.712.412 h
August 24.3°C17.6°C17.6°C31129.012.312 h
September 24.5°C17.6°C17.6°C25027.912.212 h
October 24.9°C17.6°C17.6°C20026.012.012 h
November 26.4°C17.6°C17.6°C488.011.912 h
December 28.8°C17.2°C17.2°C2.70.411.812 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Foumban

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Foumban) is explained once on the Foumban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.