Climate averages 1991–2020
Foumban weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Foumban: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (38 km away). In September its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Foumban, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumban ranks 19th of 24 for the warmest September highs and 11th of 24 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 24 cities is 26.1°C; Foumban is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 250 mm to 200 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Foumbot in SeptemberCameroon · 38 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 239 mm rain
- Kumbo in SeptemberCameroon · 59 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 406 mm rain
- Bafoussam in SeptemberCameroon · 60 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 235 mm rain
- Mbouda in SeptemberCameroon · 72 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 283 mm rain
- Bamenda in SeptemberCameroon · 87 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 375 mm rain
- Bafia in SeptemberCameroon · 115 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 174 mm rain
- Melong in SeptemberCameroon · 124 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in SeptemberCameroon · 136 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 396 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.