Bafoussam climate

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Bafoussam is warmest in February, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 15 °C. August is the wettest month (263 mm) and January the driest (2.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bafoussam averages 1,429 mm of rain and 167 days above 25 °C.

Cameroon · population 373,268 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 30 °C
Coldest month December 15 °C
Driest month January 2 mm
Wettest month August 263 mm
Least cloud December 47 % cloud
Hottest on record February 34 °C
Coldest on record December 13 °C

What to expectBafoussam through the year

Bafoussam has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in December to 30 °C in February, a swing of 4.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 167 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 263 mm against 2 mm in January — 119 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.8 °C	2 mm	53 %
February	29.9 °C	8 mm	59 %
March	28.6 °C	41 mm	74 %
April	26.1 °C	115 mm	83 %
May	24.6 °C	145 mm	84 %
June	23.4 °C	155 mm	79 %
July	22.5 °C	238 mm	85 %
August	22.4 °C	263 mm	88 %
September	22.8 °C	233 mm	87 %
October	23.0 °C	179 mm	85 %
November	24.6 °C	47 mm	69 %
December	27.1 °C	3 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.8 °C	15.6 °C	22.0 °C	32.1 °C	12.8 °C	31	5
February	29.9 °C	16.6 °C	22.9 °C	33.5 °C	13.3 °C	28	15
March	28.6 °C	17.7 °C	22.5 °C	33.5 °C	14.4 °C	29	9
April	26.1 °C	17.6 °C	21.2 °C	32.2 °C	14.9 °C	23	0
May	24.6 °C	17.1 °C	20.2 °C	28.1 °C	14.7 °C	12	0
June	23.4 °C	16.4 °C	19.3 °C	26.2 °C	14.1 °C	2	0
July	22.5 °C	16.0 °C	18.6 °C	25.6 °C	13.2 °C	0	0
August	22.4 °C	16.1 °C	18.6 °C	26.5 °C	13.7 °C	0	0
September	22.8 °C	16.0 °C	18.7 °C	26.1 °C	13.6 °C	0	0
October	23.0 °C	16.0 °C	19.0 °C	26.6 °C	13.9 °C	1	0
November	24.6 °C	15.8 °C	19.9 °C	28.9 °C	13.2 °C	11	0
December	27.1 °C	15.3 °C	21.0 °C	30.0 °C	12.5 °C	29	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	12 h/day	53 %	52 %	13 km/h
February	8 mm	2	12 h/day	59 %	51 %	14 km/h
March	41 mm	8	12 h/day	74 %	64 %	14 km/h
April	115 mm	20	12 h/day	83 %	77 %	12 km/h
May	145 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	83 %	11 km/h
June	155 mm	27	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	9.3 km/h
July	238 mm	29	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	8.5 km/h
August	263 mm	29	12 h/day	88 %	86 %	8.6 km/h
September	233 mm	28	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	9.2 km/h
October	179 mm	27	12 h/day	85 %	85 %	11 km/h
November	47 mm	10	12 h/day	69 %	75 %	14 km/h
December	3 mm	1	12 h/day	47 %	59 %	14 km/h

How Bafoussam compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bafoussam	30 °C	15 °C	1,429 mm	167
Bamenda · Cameroon	31 °C	15 °C	2,493 mm	231
Nkongsamba · Cameroon	29 °C	19 °C	3,248 mm	233
Kumba · Cameroon	32 °C	21 °C	2,540 mm	339
Douala · Cameroon	30 °C	23 °C	2,930 mm	356

Where Bafoussam ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in September	28th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	36th of 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	48th of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bafoussam.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bafoussam’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bafoussam?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bafoussam get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 29 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bafoussam?

August, averaging 263 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,429 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bafoussam rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 5.478°, 10.418° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.