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When to go to Gombe

Twelve months of averages for Gombe, and what they say about when to go.

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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 Gombe State 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): November to June.
Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July to September.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to October.
The warmest month is March (39°C) and the coolest August (28°C). The wettest is August (274 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 907 mm of rain falls in a year.

Gombe: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanHot
FebHot
MarHot
AprHot
MayHot
JunHot
JulWet
AugWet
SeptWet
OctMild–warm, mixed
NovHot
DecHot

Month by month

Every month in Gombe

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Gombe by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	33°C	15°C	0 mm	21%	27%	5.8	23°C	Hot
February	37°C	19°C	0 mm	17%	35%	6	24°C	Hot
March	39°C	22°C	9 mm	19%	60%	6.3	27°C	Hot
April	38°C	25°C	29 mm	41%	69%	6.3	31°C	Hot
May	36°C	24°C	70 mm	59%	70%	6.1	35°C	Hot
June	33°C	23°C	119 mm	70%	64%	5.8	37°C	Hot
July	30°C	22°C	189 mm	78%	73%	5.3	39°C	Wet
August	28°C	21°C	274 mm	85%	80%	4.9	39°C	Wet
September	29°C	22°C	178 mm	84%	69%	5.5	37°C	Wet
October	31°C	21°C	37 mm	73%	51%	5.9	34°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
November	33°C	17°C	2 mm	45%	31%	6	29°C	Hot
December	33°C	15°C	0 mm	29%	23%	5.8	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.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Gombe State 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)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

33°C

15°C

0 mm

21%

27%

5.8

23°C

Hot

February

37°C

19°C

0 mm

17%

35%

24°C

Hot

March

39°C

22°C

9 mm

19%

60%

6.3

27°C

Hot

April

38°C

25°C

29 mm

41%

69%

6.3

31°C

Hot

May

36°C

24°C

70 mm

59%

70%

6.1

35°C

Hot

June

33°C

23°C

119 mm

70%

64%

5.8

37°C

Hot

July

30°C

22°C

189 mm

78%

73%

5.3

39°C

Wet

August

28°C

21°C

274 mm

85%

80%

4.9

39°C

Wet

September

29°C

22°C

178 mm

84%

69%

5.5

37°C

Wet

October

31°C

21°C

37 mm

73%

51%

5.9

34°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

November

33°C

17°C

2 mm

45%

31%

29°C

Hot

December

33°C

15°C

0 mm

29%

23%

5.8

25°C

Hot