Bamenda
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bamenda from mountain road: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bamenda is a city in Cameroon, in North-West. About 420,445 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 5.96° N, 10.15° E, about 1,258 m (4,127 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bamenda. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bamenda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 15°C (58°F). Around 2,325 mm (92 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Bafoussam · 61 km
- Nkongsamba · 114 km
- Kumba · 166 km
- Douala · 218 km
- Buea · 224 km
- Limbe · 239 km
- Yaoundé · 277 km
- Ngaoundéré · 409 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2234974 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q528432 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bamenda from mountain road: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)