Bamusso climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bamusso?

Bamusso has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 4,397 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bamusso?

The hottest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2024, reaching 33.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bamusso?

The coldest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1954, at 16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bamusso?

Almost never: Bamusso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bamusso warmed?

Yes: Bamusso warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bamusso?

The wettest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 2021, with 331 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bamusso?

The windiest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1950, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bamusso?

The warmest month in Bamusso is March (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bamusso?

Bamusso receives on average 4,397 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 339 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bamusso?

Bamusso gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bamusso (Cameroon) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 4,397 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Bamusso averages 0 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 339 rainy days per year.

Bamusso has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 12 February 2024) and the coldest 16.6 °C (on 4 August 1954).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BamussoSouth-West Region

coords: 4.46°, 8.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

4,397mm

Sunshine / day

8.3h

Mean relative humidity

90%

Average peak wind

8.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

339 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.6 °C

Average feels-like low

26.9 °C

Average peak gust

25.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.7 °C

12 February 2024

Coldest day

16.6 °C

4 August 1954

Wettest day

331 mm

12 September 2021

Windiest day

17.4 km/h

17 August 1950

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

7 August 2000

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

9 April 2006

Coldest feels-like

18.1 °C

4 August 1954

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 July 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.1 °C10 March 2025	21.0 °C11 January 2025	25.6 °C	6,144 mm	139
2024	33.7 °C12 February 2024	20.8 °C16 January 2024	26.1 °C	4,303 mm	188
2023	32.2 °C26 March 2023	20.2 °C10 January 2023	25.8 °C	4,696 mm	137
2022	32.5 °C11 February 2022	20.1 °C24 December 2022	25.3 °C	3,945 mm	94
2021	32.7 °C22 April 2021	21.3 °C13 August 2021	25.6 °C	4,784 mm	110
2020	32.7 °C1 February 2020	19.1 °C26 January 2020	25.7 °C	4,293 mm	131
2019	32.1 °C3 April 2019	21.3 °C13 July 2019	25.6 °C	5,560 mm	113
2018	32.8 °C2 February 2018	20.1 °C5 January 2018	25.4 °C	4,438 mm	93
2017	32.1 °C17 April 2017	21.2 °C3 January 2017	25.5 °C	6,132 mm	128
2016	32.5 °C29 January 2016	20.7 °C1 February 2016	25.6 °C	5,326 mm	136
2015	31.6 °C4 May 2015	18.8 °C13 January 2015	25.2 °C	5,687 mm	84
2014	31.8 °C4 March 2014	21.2 °C4 January 2014	25.2 °C	5,320 mm	61
2013	31.8 °C1 March 2013	19.1 °C18 December 2013	25.0 °C	5,328 mm	71
2012	32.0 °C14 March 2012	20.6 °C17 January 2012	25.1 °C	4,173 mm	53
2011	31.7 °C5 May 2011	19.8 °C23 January 2011	25.1 °C	4,242 mm	67
2010	32.4 °C14 April 2010	20.7 °C11 December 2010	25.5 °C	4,515 mm	105
2009	32.1 °C20 April 2009	21.0 °C1 July 2009	25.2 °C	5,188 mm	64
2008	31.6 °C18 February 2008	20.8 °C25 January 2008	25.0 °C	4,506 mm	59
2007	31.8 °C31 January 2007	19.9 °C4 January 2007	24.9 °C	5,039 mm	81
2006	32.4 °C9 April 2006	21.4 °C11 September 2006	25.1 °C	3,884 mm	64
2005	32.3 °C23 February 2005	19.5 °C11 January 2005	25.1 °C	4,155 mm	92
2004	32.1 °C25 March 2004	21.2 °C28 July 2004	25.0 °C	4,173 mm	62
2003	31.5 °C23 April 2003	20.0 °C4 July 2003	25.0 °C	3,855 mm	57
2002	31.8 °C13 May 2002	20.3 °C28 January 2002	24.7 °C	4,468 mm	34
2001	31.8 °C25 February 2001	19.8 °C23 July 2001	24.6 °C	4,255 mm	51
2000	31.9 °C10 March 2000	20.4 °C7 December 2000	24.5 °C	4,191 mm	45
1999	31.5 °C2 March 1999	20.4 °C16 December 1999	24.6 °C	4,282 mm	33
1998	32.1 °C22 February 1998	20.9 °C25 August 1998	25.3 °C	3,449 mm	107
1997	31.8 °C10 April 1997	20.9 °C5 July 1997	24.7 °C	4,035 mm	22
1996	31.0 °C19 March 1996	20.9 °C12 September 1996	24.6 °C	3,873 mm	17
1995	31.6 °C20 March 1995	20.5 °C23 January 1995	24.8 °C	3,801 mm	38
1994	31.4 °C10 April 1994	20.0 °C18 December 1994	24.8 °C	4,195 mm	45
1993	31.3 °C9 April 1993	19.8 °C10 January 1993	24.8 °C	4,328 mm	27
1992	31.1 °C27 April 1992	19.9 °C11 January 1992	24.5 °C	4,269 mm	32
1991	31.2 °C28 March 1991	20.7 °C17 October 1991	24.5 °C	3,558 mm	9
1990	32.2 °C27 March 1990	20.7 °C27 January 1990	24.5 °C	4,418 mm	35
1989	31.6 °C30 March 1989	19.7 °C20 January 1989	24.5 °C	3,671 mm	41
1988	31.4 °C26 February 1988	20.4 °C26 December 1988	24.7 °C	4,257 mm	53
1987	31.7 °C23 February 1987	20.0 °C11 January 1987	25.0 °C	3,955 mm	50
1986	31.7 °C17 April 1986	19.9 °C6 December 1986	24.4 °C	4,792 mm	27
1985	31.2 °C30 March 1985	20.5 °C12 July 1985	24.3 °C	4,354 mm	29
1984	32.3 °C18 March 1984	18.9 °C16 December 1984	24.5 °C	3,687 mm	35
1983	33.6 °C21 March 1983	18.1 °C9 January 1983	24.7 °C	4,051 mm	84
1982	31.6 °C5 March 1982	20.0 °C24 November 1982	24.4 °C	5,013 mm	28
1981	31.5 °C13 April 1981	19.7 °C6 September 1981	24.4 °C	4,378 mm	32
1980	32.0 °C21 April 1980	20.4 °C29 December 1980	24.4 °C	5,868 mm	29
1979	32.4 °C3 March 1979	20.2 °C14 December 1979	24.5 °C	4,533 mm	51
1978	31.0 °C17 March 1978	19.7 °C27 July 1978	24.3 °C	4,615 mm	21
1977	32.1 °C19 April 1977	20.3 °C12 August 1977	24.4 °C	4,107 mm	30
1976	31.2 °C15 May 1976	20.0 °C26 July 1976	23.9 °C	4,809 mm	15
1975	30.8 °C25 March 1975	19.6 °C26 August 1975	24.0 °C	4,152 mm	17
1974	31.1 °C6 March 1974	19.7 °C14 January 1974	24.0 °C	4,803 mm	21
1973	31.7 °C10 April 1973	20.1 °C13 July 1973	24.6 °C	4,586 mm	58
1972	31.0 °C20 March 1972	20.3 °C18 July 1972	24.3 °C	4,675 mm	27
1971	32.2 °C12 December 1971	19.1 °C30 December 1971	24.2 °C	4,701 mm	33
1970	31.7 °C25 April 1970	19.7 °C3 December 1970	24.4 °C	4,911 mm	53
1969	31.7 °C2 May 1969	20.1 °C31 July 1969	24.5 °C	5,934 mm	59
1968	31.3 °C7 May 1968	20.0 °C18 January 1968	24.3 °C	4,944 mm	13
1967	31.0 °C24 February 1967	19.8 °C2 October 1967	24.2 °C	4,306 mm	24
1966	31.6 °C18 March 1966	20.0 °C1 September 1966	24.4 °C	3,754 mm	29
1965	30.0 °C16 March 1965	20.6 °C30 July 1965	24.1 °C	3,823 mm	1
1964	30.7 °C31 March 1964	20.3 °C3 August 1964	24.2 °C	2,871 mm	21
1963	31.2 °C23 March 1963	20.6 °C3 January 1963	24.4 °C	2,906 mm	10
1962	30.5 °C8 February 1962	20.2 °C16 January 1962	24.0 °C	3,929 mm	4
1961	30.6 °C15 March 1961	19.6 °C1 August 1961	24.1 °C	3,801 mm	6
1960	30.8 °C17 April 1960	20.0 °C27 August 1960	24.2 °C	3,898 mm	2
1959	31.0 °C24 April 1959	20.5 °C21 August 1959	24.2 °C	2,988 mm	10
1958	30.7 °C12 February 1958	19.2 °C28 July 1958	24.0 °C	4,123 mm	12
1957	30.0 °C11 March 1957	19.8 °C7 February 1957	23.9 °C	4,856 mm	1
1956	30.2 °C14 March 1956	19.1 °C8 August 1956	23.7 °C	5,035 mm	1
1955	30.0 °C22 April 1955	19.7 °C1 August 1955	23.9 °C	4,156 mm	1
1954	30.0 °C26 March 1954	16.6 °C4 August 1954	23.8 °C	4,071 mm	1
1953	30.4 °C5 March 1953	19.8 °C10 August 1953	24.0 °C	4,594 mm	2
1952	31.7 °C5 March 1952	19.9 °C27 August 1952	24.2 °C	5,249 mm	35
1951	31.4 °C5 April 1951	20.5 °C25 July 1951	24.2 °C	5,125 mm	37
1950	31.2 °C18 April 1950	18.5 °C2 September 1950	23.9 °C	3,726 mm	22
1949	31.0 °C27 March 1949	20.1 °C9 August 1949	24.2 °C	4,110 mm	13
1948	30.4 °C13 March 1948	19.9 °C23 July 1948	23.9 °C	4,852 mm	3
1947	30.8 °C14 March 1947	18.5 °C9 September 1947	24.0 °C	4,828 mm	5
1946	31.3 °C22 February 1946	19.6 °C21 August 1946	23.9 °C	4,488 mm	18
1945	31.1 °C31 January 1945	19.7 °C23 December 1945	24.0 °C	4,371 mm	21
1944	30.8 °C31 January 1944	19.3 °C24 July 1944	24.1 °C	3,791 mm	8
1943	30.2 °C7 March 1943	18.5 °C24 July 1943	23.6 °C	3,030 mm	1
1942	29.9 °C8 April 1942	17.9 °C19 July 1942	23.8 °C	3,951 mm	0
1941	30.5 °C14 February 1941	19.8 °C5 August 1941	24.0 °C	3,899 mm	2
1940	30.3 °C18 April 1940	19.2 °C2 August 1940	23.9 °C	4,036 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

139 d/yr

+95

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

6144 mm

+1747 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	116 mm	+28 mm
Feb	30.9 °C	+1.6 °C	93 mm	-27 mm
Mar	30.5 °C	+1.2 °C	353 mm	+90 mm
Apr	30.1 °C	+1.0 °C	401 mm	+44 mm
May	30.0 °C	+1.4 °C	348 mm	-52 mm
Jun	28.7 °C	+1.6 °C	690 mm	+157 mm
Jul	26.1 °C	+0.3 °C	952 mm	+342 mm
Aug	25.8 °C	+0.2 °C	564 mm	+60 mm
Sep	26.6 °C	+0.2 °C	914 mm	+390 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+0.4 °C	1192 mm	+665 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+0.9 °C	382 mm	+42 mm
Dec	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	141 mm	+8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.1 °C

10 Mar 2025

Coldest day

21.0 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

264.4 mm

26 Jun 2025

Windiest day

13.6 km/h

1 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

35.3 km/h

24 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

20 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.4 h

16 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bamusso?

Bamusso has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 4,397 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bamusso?

The hottest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2024, reaching 33.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bamusso?

The coldest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1954, at 16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Bamusso?

Almost never: Bamusso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bamusso warmed?

Yes: Bamusso warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bamusso?

The wettest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 2021, with 331 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bamusso?

The windiest day measured in Bamusso between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1950, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bamusso?

The warmest month in Bamusso is March (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Bamusso?

Bamusso receives on average 4,397 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 339 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bamusso?

Bamusso gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bamusso?

Yes: Bamusso has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bamusso?

In Bamusso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 9 April 2006, and the lowest was 18.1 °C on 4 August 1954.

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