October Weather in Bafoussam Cameroon

Daily high temperatures are around 73°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 76°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on February 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Bafoussam typically range from 59°F to 81°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 56°F to 77°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Palmira, Panama (6,363 miles away) and Hatton, Sri Lanka (4,823 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Bafoussam (view comparison).

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The month of October in Bafoussam experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 83% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is October 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 18% of the time.

For reference, on August 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on December 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 41%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Bafoussam, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 89% and ending it at 64%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 90% on September 15, and its lowest chance is 2% on January 1.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October in Bafoussam is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 10.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 15.7 inches or falls below 5.9 inches, and ending the month at 6.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.4 inches or falls below 2.9 inches.

Over the course of October in Bafoussam, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 11 hours, 56 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 12 hours, 4 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Bafoussam is 6:05 AM on October 1 and the earliest sunrise is 2 minutes, 14 seconds earlier at 6:03 AM on October 23.

The latest sunset is 6:09 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 10 minutes earlier at 5:59 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Bafoussam during 2026.

For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:06 AM and sets 12 hours, 26 minutes later, at 6:33 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:22 AM and sets 11 hours, 48 minutes later, at 6:10 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 2026. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Bafoussam is decreasing during October, falling from 47% to 40% over the course of the month.

For reference, on May 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 73% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Bafoussam is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 3.8 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on August 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour, while on May 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.4 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during October is 3.7 miles per hour on October 8.

The wind direction in Bafoussam during October is predominantly out of the south from October 1 to October 7 and the east from October 7 to October 31.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Bafoussam are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Bafoussam are rapidly increasing during October, increasing by 464°F, from 4,594°F to 5,058°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Bafoussam is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 4.2 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during October is 4.1 kWh on October 16.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bafoussam are 5.478 deg latitude, 10.418 deg longitude, and 4,718 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Bafoussam contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 804 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,608 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,274 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,308 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Bafoussam is covered by trees (36%), shrubs (32%), and grassland (22%), within 10 miles by shrubs (44%) and trees (35%), and within 50 miles by trees (49%) and shrubs (22%).