August Weather in Bafoussam CameroonDaily high temperatures are around 70°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 70°F on August 8. Daily low temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 62°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 60°F on August 3. 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 August. 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. Average Hourly Temperature in August in Bafoussam
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15°F
freezing
32°F
very cold
45°F
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55°F
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65°F
comfortable
75°F
warm
85°F
hot
95°F
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The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
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). CloudsThe month of August in Bafoussam experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 87% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88% on August 24. The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 13% 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%. 
Compare Bafoussam to:PrecipitationA 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 August is increasing, starting the month at 84% and ending it at 89%. 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. RainfallTo 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 August in Bafoussam is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 10.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 17.5 inches or falls below 4.7 inches, and ending the month at 12.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 18.1 inches or falls below 6.3 inches. Average Monthly Rainfall in August in Bafoussam
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
SunOver the course of August in Bafoussam, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 13 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 12 hours, 21 minutes of daylight. Hours of Daylight and Twilight in August in Bafoussam
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
The latest sunrise of the month in Bafoussam is 6:14 AM on August 8 and the earliest sunrise is 2 minutes, 11 seconds earlier at 6:12 AM on August 31. The latest sunset is 6:35 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 10 minutes earlier at 6:25 PM on August 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. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in August in Bafoussam
The solar day over the course of August. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
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. Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August in Bafoussam
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of August 2026. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 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.
HumidityWe 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 essentially constant during August, remaining within 1% of 44% throughout. 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. WindThis 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 gradually decreasing during August, decreasing from 5.4 miles per hour to 4.7 miles per hour over the course of the month. 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 highest daily average wind speed during August is 5.4 miles per hour on August 3. The hourly average wind direction in Bafoussam throughout August is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 75% on August 3. Wind Direction in August in Bafoussam
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
Growing SeasonDefinitions 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. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August in Bafoussam
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15°F
freezing
32°F
very cold
45°F
cold
55°F
cool
65°F
comfortable
75°F
warm
85°F
hot
95°F
sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.
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 increasing during August, increasing by 432°F, from 3,694°F to 4,126°F, over the course of the month. Solar EnergyThis 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 August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 4.0 kWh throughout. TopographyFor 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%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Bafoussam, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Douala Obs., in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Bafoussam. At a distance of 181 kilometers from Bafoussam, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere . The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Bafoussam to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 38%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 62%. Other DataAll data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database . Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com . 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