Bamenda climate

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Bamenda is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 15 °C. September is the wettest month (379 mm) and January the driest (6.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bamenda averages 2,493 mm of rain and 231 days above 25 °C.

Cameroon · population 420,445 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month November 15 °C
Driest month January 7 mm
Wettest month September 379 mm
Least cloud December 46 % cloud
Hottest on record February 35 °C
Coldest on record January 10 °C

What to expectBamenda through the year

Bamenda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in November to 31 °C in February, a swing of 4.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 231 days a year reach 25 °C, 52 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 379 mm against 7 mm in January — 56 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.1 °C	7 mm	52 %
February	30.6 °C	26 mm	58 %
March	28.9 °C	124 mm	76 %
April	26.8 °C	274 mm	87 %
May	25.9 °C	290 mm	88 %
June	24.4 °C	324 mm	87 %
July	23.0 °C	351 mm	90 %
August	22.8 °C	340 mm	92 %
September	23.8 °C	379 mm	91 %
October	24.7 °C	294 mm	88 %
November	26.5 °C	78 mm	72 %
December	28.8 °C	7 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.1 °C	15.6 °C	22.4 °C	34.1 °C	10.0 °C	31	17
February	30.6 °C	16.5 °C	23.0 °C	35.0 °C	11.1 °C	28	20
March	28.9 °C	17.1 °C	22.2 °C	34.8 °C	13.6 °C	30	10
April	26.8 °C	17.1 °C	21.0 °C	33.1 °C	13.2 °C	26	1
May	25.9 °C	17.0 °C	20.4 °C	29.8 °C	13.9 °C	23	0
June	24.4 °C	16.7 °C	19.6 °C	28.2 °C	12.9 °C	11	0
July	23.0 °C	16.2 °C	18.8 °C	27.1 °C	13.1 °C	3	0
August	22.8 °C	16.3 °C	18.7 °C	26.9 °C	12.7 °C	2	0
September	23.8 °C	16.3 °C	19.1 °C	28.0 °C	13.2 °C	7	0
October	24.7 °C	16.0 °C	19.5 °C	28.3 °C	12.9 °C	15	0
November	26.5 °C	15.4 °C	20.6 °C	30.5 °C	12.9 °C	25	0
December	28.8 °C	15.5 °C	21.8 °C	31.8 °C	11.4 °C	31	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	1	12 h/day	52 %	46 %	8.7 km/h
February	26 mm	3	12 h/day	58 %	50 %	8.9 km/h
March	124 mm	13	12 h/day	76 %	71 %	8.3 km/h
April	274 mm	25	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	6.8 km/h
May	290 mm	29	12 h/day	88 %	89 %	6.4 km/h
June	324 mm	29	12 h/day	87 %	91 %	5.6 km/h
July	351 mm	30	12 h/day	90 %	92 %	6.0 km/h
August	340 mm	30	12 h/day	92 %	92 %	6.5 km/h
September	379 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	92 %	5.9 km/h
October	294 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	90 %	6.4 km/h
November	78 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	76 %	8.0 km/h
December	7 mm	1	12 h/day	46 %	54 %	8.6 km/h

How Bamenda 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
Bamenda	31 °C	15 °C	2,493 mm	231
Bafoussam · Cameroon	30 °C	15 °C	1,429 mm	167
Nkongsamba · Cameroon	29 °C	19 °C	3,248 mm	233
Kumba · Cameroon	32 °C	21 °C	2,540 mm	339
Gboko · Nigeria	36 °C	22 °C	992 mm	362
Douala · Cameroon	30 °C	23 °C	2,930 mm	356
Ugep · Nigeria	35 °C	22 °C	1,750 mm	359

Where Bamenda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in September	45th of 50	24 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bamenda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bamenda?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October 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 Bamenda get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 52 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

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

Which month is wettest in Bamenda?

September, averaging 379 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,493 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 Bamenda 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: 5.960°, 10.146° (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.