Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbouda weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mbouda: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 263 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). 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, about as warm as Mbouda, with 259 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbouda ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mbouda is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 263 mm to 283 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
Mbouda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.1 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 23 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 217 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 217 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 237 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 273 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 22.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 263 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 283 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 213 | 25.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 4.7 | 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
- Bamenda in AugustCameroon · 39 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 331 mm rain
- Foumbot in AugustCameroon · 44 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 65 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Foumban in AugustCameroon · 72 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 311 mm rain
- Kumbo in AugustCameroon · 78 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 551 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 82 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Kumba in AugustCameroon · 142 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 408 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 Mbouda) is explained once on the Mbouda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.