Fontem weather in February

In February, Fontem sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 85 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Fontem's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fontem's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 85 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:40 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Fontem is village in South West Region, Cameroon.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical February day in Fontem reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	17
23	29	17
24	29	17
25	29	17
26	29	17
27	29	17
28	29	17

Fontem weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 15°	38	6.6	11.7	6.2
Feb	29° / 16°	85	10.6	11.8	5.2
Mar	28° / 18°	293	24.8	12	4.0
Apr	26° / 18°	475	29.5	12.1	3.4
May	26° / 18°	513	30.9	12.2	3.4
Jun	24° / 18°	574	29.9	12.3	3.5
Jul	23° / 17°	508	30.3	12.3	3.5
Aug	23° / 17°	456	30.4	12.2	3.4
Sep	23° / 17°	552	29.8	12	3.5
Oct	25° / 17°	532	31	11.9	3.5
Nov	26° / 16°	266	26.3	11.8	4.0
Dec	28° / 15°	56	9.3	11.7	6.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	44	44	42	41	40	39	37	37	35	33	32	32	30	30	28	27
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	56	56	58	59	60	61	63	63	65	67	68	68	70	70	72	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	27	73

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Fontem gets around 85 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	38	39	41	42	44	46	48	50	51	53	55	57	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	30
8	30
9	31
10	31
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	38
17	39
18	41
19	42
20	44
21	46
22	48
23	50
24	51
25	53
26	55
27	57
28	58

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	34	34	33	32	30	29	27	26	24	23	21	20
Comfortable (%)	33	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	17
Humid (%)	27	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41
Muggy (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	21	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	36	33	27	4
2	36	33	27	4
3	36	33	27	4
4	36	32	28	4
5	36	32	28	4
6	36	31	29	4
7	36	30	30	4
8	36	29	30	4
9	37	28	31	5
10	37	27	31	5
11	37	26	32	6
12	36	25	32	6
13	36	24	33	7
14	36	24	33	8
15	36	23	33	8
16	35	22	33	9
17	34	22	34	10
18	34	21	34	11
19	33	21	35	12
20	32	20	35	13
21	30	20	36	14
22	29	20	36	15
23	27	20	37	16
24	26	19	38	17
25	24	19	38	18
26	23	19	39	20
27	21	18	40	21
28	20	17	41	22

Wind in February

Winds average 4 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:41	6:27
2	11.8	6:41	6:27
3	11.8	6:41	6:27
4	11.8	6:41	6:28
5	11.8	6:41	6:28
6	11.8	6:41	6:28
7	11.8	6:41	6:28
8	11.8	6:41	6:29
9	11.8	6:41	6:29
10	11.8	6:41	6:29
11	11.8	6:41	6:29
12	11.8	6:41	6:29
13	11.8	6:41	6:29
14	11.8	6:41	6:30
15	11.8	6:40	6:30
16	11.8	6:40	6:30
17	11.8	6:40	6:30
18	11.8	6:40	6:30
19	11.8	6:40	6:30
20	11.8	6:40	6:30
21	11.8	6:39	6:30
22	11.9	6:39	6:30
23	11.9	6:39	6:30
24	11.9	6:39	6:30
25	11.9	6:38	6:30
26	11.9	6:38	6:30
27	11.9	6:38	6:30
28	11.9	6:37	6:30

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Fontem

In seasonPeak

In February, Fontem sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Fontem sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Fontem?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Fontem for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Fontem in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Fontem sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Fontem in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fontem peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	11	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Fontem in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Fontem is worst in February — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	92	108	69	54	36	28	24	23	25	35	48	78
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	92	Unhealthy
Feb	108	Unhealthy
Mar	69	Unhealthy
Apr	54	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	48	Poor
Dec	78	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Fontem?

Fontem sits at 5.5°N, 9.9°E, 902 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Dschang, 19 km away.

Topography around Fontem

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fontem.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fontem has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 902 m around an average of 1,031 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,784 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Fontem is covered by trees (94%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

902 m

trees 94%

16 km

1,784 m

trees 91%

80 km

2,681 m

trees 80%

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← January Fontem year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Dschang 19 km · Kekem 38 km · Melong 40 km · Mbouda 45 km · Bafang 48 km · Bali 49 km · Nkongsamba 57 km · Bafoussam 59 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,972; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 30.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 445
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fontem (5.4685°, 9.8818°, elevation 902 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	17
23	29	17
24	29	17
25	29	17
26	29	17
27	29	17
28	29	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	30
8	30
9	31
10	31
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	38
17	39
18	41
19	42
20	44
21	46
22	48
23	50
24	51
25	53
26	55
27	57
28	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	36	33	27	4
2	36	33	27	4
3	36	33	27	4
4	36	32	28	4
5	36	32	28	4
6	36	31	29	4
7	36	30	30	4
8	36	29	30	4
9	37	28	31	5
10	37	27	31	5
11	37	26	32	6
12	36	25	32	6
13	36	24	33	7
14	36	24	33	8
15	36	23	33	8
16	35	22	33	9
17	34	22	34	10
18	34	21	34	11
19	33	21	35	12
20	32	20	35	13
21	30	20	36	14
22	29	20	36	15
23	27	20	37	16
24	26	19	38	17
25	24	19	38	18
26	23	19	39	20
27	21	18	40	21
28	20	17	41	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	17
23	29	17
24	29	17
25	29	17
26	29	17
27	29	17
28	29	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	30
8	30
9	31
10	31
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	38
17	39
18	41
19	42
20	44
21	46
22	48
23	50
24	51
25	53
26	55
27	57
28	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	36	33	27	4
2	36	33	27	4
3	36	33	27	4
4	36	32	28	4
5	36	32	28	4
6	36	31	29	4
7	36	30	30	4
8	36	29	30	4
9	37	28	31	5
10	37	27	31	5
11	37	26	32	6
12	36	25	32	6
13	36	24	33	7
14	36	24	33	8
15	36	23	33	8
16	35	22	33	9
17	34	22	34	10
18	34	21	34	11
19	33	21	35	12
20	32	20	35	13
21	30	20	36	14
22	29	20	36	15
23	27	20	37	16
24	26	19	38	17
25	24	19	38	18
26	23	19	39	20
27	21	18	40	21
28	20	17	41	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	17
23	29	17
24	29	17
25	29	17
26	29	17
27	29	17
28	29	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	30
8	30
9	31
10	31
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	35
15	36
16	38
17	39
18	41
19	42
20	44
21	46
22	48
23	50
24	51
25	53
26	55
27	57
28	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	36	33	27	4
2	36	33	27	4
3	36	33	27	4
4	36	32	28	4
5	36	32	28	4
6	36	31	29	4
7	36	30	30	4
8	36	29	30	4
9	37	28	31	5
10	37	27	31	5
11	37	26	32	6
12	36	25	32	6
13	36	24	33	7
14	36	24	33	8
15	36	23	33	8
16	35	22	33	9
17	34	22	34	10
18	34	21	34	11
19	33	21	35	12
20	32	20	35	13
21	30	20	36	14
22	29	20	36	15
23	27	20	37	16
24	26	19	38	17
25	24	19	38	18
26	23	19	39	20
27	21	18	40	21
28	20	17	41	22