Climate averages 1991–2020
Foumbot weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Foumbot: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 28 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 Bafoussam (24 km away). In August its highs average 22.4°C, 2.3°C cooler than Foumbot, with 259 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumbot ranks 17th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Foumbot is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 269 mm to 239 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Foumbot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 9.2 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 57 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 152 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 179 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 185 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 249 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 24.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 269 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 239 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 200 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 55 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bafoussam in AugustCameroon · 24 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 259 mm rain
- Foumban in AugustCameroon · 38 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 311 mm rain
- Mbouda in AugustCameroon · 44 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 263 mm rain
- Bamenda in AugustCameroon · 74 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 331 mm rain
- Kumbo in AugustCameroon · 77 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 551 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 86 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 98 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Bafia in AugustCameroon · 107 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 133 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 Foumbot) is explained once on the Foumbot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.