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When to go to Port-Gentil

Twelve months of averages for Port-Gentil, 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.

On these averages, Port-Gentil has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June to September.

Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in July.

Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): October to May.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): August to June.
The warmest month is March (28°C) and the coolest July (24°C). The wettest is November (341 mm) and the driest July (3 mm); about 2,018 mm of rain falls in a year.

How these sentences are worded

Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.

Port-Gentil: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.

The year at a glance

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

JanWet
FebWet
MarWet
AprWet
MayWet
JunMild–warm, mixed
JulMild–warm, dry
AugMild–warm, mixed
SeptMild–warm, mixed
OctWet
NovWet
DecWet

Month by month

Every month in Port-Gentil

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

Climate in Port-Gentil 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	28°C	27°C	204 mm	85%	78%	4.5	23°C	Wet
February	28°C	27°C	205 mm	84%	81%	4.6	24°C	Wet
March	28°C	28°C	281 mm	83%	83%	4.8	27°C	Wet
April	28°C	27°C	258 mm	84%	82%	4.6	31°C	Wet
May	27°C	26°C	172 mm	87%	76%	4.4	35°C	Wet
June	25°C	24°C	20 mm	86%	68%	4.2	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
July	24°C	23°C	3 mm	86%	71%	4.1	39°C	Mild to warm and dry
August	25°C	24°C	7 mm	84%	75%	4.1	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
September	26°C	25°C	54 mm	85%	75%	4.5	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
October	26°C	26°C	263 mm	86%	80%	4.6	34°C	Wet
November	27°C	26°C	341 mm	87%	81%	4.2	29°C	Wet
December	27°C	26°C	210 mm	86%	79%	4.3	25°C	Wet

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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Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

28°C

27°C

204 mm

85%

78%

4.5

23°C

Wet

February

28°C

27°C

205 mm

84%

81%

4.6

24°C

Wet

March

28°C

281 mm

83%

4.8

27°C

Wet

April

28°C

27°C

258 mm

84%

82%

4.6

31°C

Wet

May

27°C

26°C

172 mm

87%

76%

4.4

35°C

Wet

June

25°C

24°C

20 mm

86%

68%

4.2

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

July

24°C

23°C

3 mm

86%

71%

4.1

39°C

Mild to warm and dry

August

25°C

24°C

7 mm

84%

75%

4.1

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

September

26°C

25°C

54 mm

85%

75%

4.5

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

October

26°C

263 mm

86%

80%

4.6

34°C

Wet

November

27°C

26°C

341 mm

87%

81%

4.2

29°C

Wet

December

27°C

26°C

210 mm

86%

79%

4.3

25°C

Wet