Climate averages 1991–2020
Foumbot weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Foumbot: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bafoussam (24 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Foumbot, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumbot ranks 8th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Foumbot is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 9.2 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bafoussam in JanuaryCameroon · 24 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Foumban in JanuaryCameroon · 38 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mbouda in JanuaryCameroon · 44 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Bamenda in JanuaryCameroon · 74 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Kumbo in JanuaryCameroon · 77 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Melong in JanuaryCameroon · 86 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JanuaryCameroon · 98 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Bafia in JanuaryCameroon · 107 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.8 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.