Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumbo weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kumbo: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a 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 Foumban (59 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, 3.0°C warmer than Kumbo, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kumbo ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Kumbo is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 250 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
Kumbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 6.6 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 22 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 27.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 99 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 250 | 23.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 256 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 23.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 276 | 26.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 22.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 494 | 30.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 21.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 551 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 406 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 260 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 75 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 26.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 6.0 | 1.1 | 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
- Foumban in MarchCameroon · 59 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Bamenda in MarchCameroon · 63 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Foumbot in MarchCameroon · 77 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Mbouda in MarchCameroon · 78 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Bafoussam in MarchCameroon · 85 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 143 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 160 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Bafia in MarchCameroon · 173 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 Kumbo) is explained once on the Kumbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.