Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Gabela, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks joint 38th of 47 for the warmest April highs and joint 44th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Gabela is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 239 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gabela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 107 | 16.2 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 118 | 14.7 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 258 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 239 | 26.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 34 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 34 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 133 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 224 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| December | 24.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 156 | 21.1 | 12.713 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in AprilAngola · 68 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Sumbe in AprilAngola · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Cela in AprilAngola · 103 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Balombo in AprilAngola · 172 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Bocoio in AprilAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 159 mm rain
- N'dalatando in AprilAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Lobito in AprilAngola · 192 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Calumbo in AprilAngola · 217 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 129 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gabela) is explained once on the Gabela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.