Climate averages 1991–2020
Foumban weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July 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 270 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (38 km away). In July its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Foumban, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumban ranks 19th of 24 for the warmest July highs and 13th of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 25.8°C; Foumban is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 270 mm to 311 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
Foumban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 9.4 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 140 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 185 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 188 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| July, selected | 24.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 270 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 311 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 250 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 200 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 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
- Foumbot in JulyCameroon · 38 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 249 mm rain
- Kumbo in JulyCameroon · 59 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 494 mm rain
- Bafoussam in JulyCameroon · 60 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 240 mm rain
- Mbouda in JulyCameroon · 72 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 273 mm rain
- Bamenda in JulyCameroon · 87 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 346 mm rain
- Bafia in JulyCameroon · 115 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Melong in JulyCameroon · 124 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 366 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JulyCameroon · 136 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 366 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 Foumban) is explained once on the Foumban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.