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Triplandio Bamenda guide covers 3 travel guides across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Bamenda with 44 POI, spanning 63 km in total. Get inspired by 4 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Bamenda
City & Country Data Cameroon (Bamenda)
Key travel data for Bamenda — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Cameroon
Tourists
1.0M/y
GDP/cap
$2.0k
Life Exp
64.0 yrs
Population
29.9M
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Bamenda
Coffee
$0.86
Beer
$1.36
Lunch
$1.52
Groceries
$105.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.19
Transit
$0.19
Fuel
$1.36/l
Internet
$19.00/m
Salary
$141/m
Best time to visit Bamenda (Cameroon)
Now (September) avg: 19°C, wetter month, moderate crowds. Best months to walk: Dec & Feb.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
24°C / 16°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:07 / 18:13
Local time
23:20
Best Months 
Dec & Feb
Dec & Feb
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Jul
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Yellow spicy taro dish typically served with a savory soup. A staple accompaniment made from fermented cornmeal. A savory bean pudding made from black-eyed peas. A rich stew made with bitter leaves, groundnuts, and meat. A savory plantain dish spiced with peppers and herbs.
Traditional Local Food
Bamenda (Cameroon)
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Main course
Meat
Achu
Ah-choo
· Yellow soup with taro
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Main course
Vegan
Fufu Corn
Foo-foo Corn
· Cornmeal dough
Snack
Vegetarian
Koki
Koh-kee
· Steamed black-eyed pea loaf
Main course
Meat
Ndolé
N-dole
· Bitter leaf stew
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Snack
Vegetarian
Nkwem
N-kwem
· Spiced plantain dish
