Climate averages 1991–2020
Foumbot weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Foumbot: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bafoussam (24 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 2.3°C cooler than Foumbot, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Foumbot ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Foumbot is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bafoussam in MarchCameroon · 24 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Foumban in MarchCameroon · 38 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Mbouda in MarchCameroon · 44 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Bamenda in MarchCameroon · 74 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Kumbo in MarchCameroon · 77 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 86 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 98 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Bafia in MarchCameroon · 107 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 60 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.