Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Gabela, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks joint 40th of 47 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Gabela is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in DecemberAngola · 68 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Sumbe in DecemberAngola · 71 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Cela in DecemberAngola · 103 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Balombo in DecemberAngola · 172 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Bocoio in DecemberAngola · 182 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 198 mm rain
- N'dalatando in DecemberAngola · 182 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Lobito in DecemberAngola · 192 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Calumbo in DecemberAngola · 217 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 69 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.