Climate averages 1991–2020

Foumban weather
in August.

A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 24.3°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 311 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Foumban · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Foumban: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 311 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (38 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Foumban, with 269 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumban ranks 19th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Foumban is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 311 mm to 250 mm.

The annual picture

August 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 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, selected 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

August 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.