Bamenda
Elevation 1614 m5.96° N, 10.15° E
When to go?
Mean 19 °C, 1 rain day in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 3 rain days in the month (30 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 12 rain days in the month (122 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 23 rain days in the month (233 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 20 °C, 27 rain days in the month (231 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 18 °C, 27 rain days in the month (270 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 17 °C, 28 rain days in the month (297 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 17 °C, 29 rain days in the month (310 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain11 mm per rain day
Mean 18 °C, 29 rain days in the month (350 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain12 mm per rain day
Mean 18 °C, 25 rain days in the month (266 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 19 °C, 9 rain days in the month (70 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–January. Avoid April–October (often rainy, at times torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: −0.8 °C (cells at 1494 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +1.0 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.4 °C), coldest: 1976 (−0.8 °C).
February and January warmed the most (+1.1 and +1.0 °C), May the least (+0.3 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.