Gambēla, Ethiopia climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Gambēla has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 40°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 21°C at night. Precipitation totals about 784 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — May alone averages 122 mm while January barely receives 2 mm.

☀️ All year

Very hot

Daytime highs near 40°C most of the year.

About 175 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 21°C.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 784 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in May

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Gambēla climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	37	39	40	37	32	29	29	29	30	31	32	34
Avg temp (°C)	30	32	33	31	27	26	25	25	26	26	27	28
Avg low (°C)	23	25	26	25	23	22	21	21	22	22	21	22
Precipitation (mm)	2	3	16	88	122	111	104	93	66	103	67	10

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	37	39	40	37	32	29
Avg temp (°C)	30	32	33	31	27	26
Avg low (°C)	23	25	26	25	23	22
Precipitation (mm)	2	3	16	88	122	111

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	29	29	30	31	32	34
Avg temp (°C)	25	25	26	26	27	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	22	22	21	22
Precipitation (mm)	104	93	66	103	67	10

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	28	28	30	26	12	3	1	1	4	6	12	25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	28	28	30	26	12	3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	1	1	4	6	12	25

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	41	49	58	71	79	83	87	86	81	72	50	36
Relative humidity (%)	45	35	40	57	74	80	80	80	77	77	70	58
Wind speed (mph)	3.6	4.2	4.4	4.2	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.7	2.6	3.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	41	49	58	71	79	83
Relative humidity (%)	45	35	40	57	74	80
Wind speed (mph)	3.6	4.2	4.4	4.2	3.3	3.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	87	86	81	72	50	36
Relative humidity (%)	80	80	77	77	70	58
Wind speed (mph)	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.7	2.6	3.0

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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