Bamenda Weather in August
Bamenda in August
The short of it: Bamenda in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 322 mm (12.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 322 mm · daylight 12 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Bamenda an average August high of 26°, a low of 18° and some 322 mm of rain. Bamenda's coldest stretch of the year, 26° by day and 18° by night. Wet spells are common — about 322 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 19 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Bamenda runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Bafut, 15 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Bamenda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BafutNorth-West | 15 km NNW | 26° | 18° | 323 mm |
| BaliNorth-West | 17 km WSW | 25° | 18° | 330 mm |
| MbengwiNorth-West | 17 km WNW | 26° | 18° | 328 mm |
| BabankiNorth-West | 21 km NNE | 24° | 16° | 310 mm |
| NdopNorth-West | 33 km E | 26° | 18° | 294 mm |
| BeloNorth-West | 33 km NE | 25° | 16° | 304 mm |
| NjinikomNorth-West | 34 km NNE | 25° | 17° | 304 mm |
| BatiboNorth-West | 35 km WSW | 26° | 19° | 343 mm |