Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbouda weather
in March.
A hot, 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 hot month in Mbouda: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 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 Bafoussam (24 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Mbouda, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbouda ranks 17th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Mbouda is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 217 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bafoussam in MarchCameroon · 24 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Bamenda in MarchCameroon · 39 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Foumbot in MarchCameroon · 44 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 65 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 mm rain
- Foumban in MarchCameroon · 72 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kumbo in MarchCameroon · 78 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Kumba in MarchCameroon · 142 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 167 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.