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When to go to Gambēla
Twelve months of averages for Gambēla, and what they say about when to go.
When to go
What the averages say
Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Gambella Region at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): December to April.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): May to October.
- The warmest month is March (39°C) and the coolest July (27°C). The wettest is May (215 mm) and the driest January (7 mm); about 1,390 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Gambēla
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°C | 22°C | 7 mm | 40% | 37% | 5.6 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 38°C | 24°C | 7 mm | 31% | 46% | 5.9 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 39°C | 25°C | 27 mm | 36% | 56% | 6.1 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 36°C | 24°C | 89 mm | 54% | 69% | 5.8 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 31°C | 22°C | 215 mm | 73% | 79% | 5.1 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 28°C | 21°C | 192 mm | 80% | 84% | 4.6 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 27°C | 21°C | 211 mm | 81% | 88% | 4.3 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 27°C | 21°C | 198 mm | 81% | 87% | 4.6 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 28°C | 21°C | 181 mm | 79% | 83% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 30°C | 21°C | 187 mm | 76% | 73% | 5.2 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 31°C | 21°C | 60 mm | 67% | 51% | 5.3 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 34°C | 21°C | 16 mm | 54% | 34% | 5.5 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Gambella Region at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)