Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumbo weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kumbo: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 260 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumban (59 km away). In October its highs average 24.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Kumbo, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kumbo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Kumbo is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 260 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Foumban in OctoberCameroon · 59 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Bamenda in OctoberCameroon · 63 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 288 mm rain
- Foumbot in OctoberCameroon · 77 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Mbouda in OctoberCameroon · 78 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Bafoussam in OctoberCameroon · 85 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Melong in OctoberCameroon · 143 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 418 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in OctoberCameroon · 160 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 418 mm rain
- Bafia in OctoberCameroon · 173 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 178 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.