Climate averages 1991–2020

Gabela weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.0°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 18.4°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 118 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gabela · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 2.3°C warmer than Gabela, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks joint 37th of 47 for the warmest February highs and joint 24th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Gabela is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 258 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gabela, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.2°C18.0°C18.0°C10716.212.713 h
February, selected 26.0°C18.4°C18.4°C11814.712.512 h
March 25.7°C18.8°C18.8°C25823.612.212 h
April 26.0°C19.0°C19.0°C23926.311.912 h
May 26.5°C18.0°C18.0°C348.311.612 h
June 25.8°C15.6°C15.6°C1.20.211.511 h
July 25.3°C14.6°C14.6°C0.10.011.612 h
August 25.4°C14.8°C14.8°C3.10.911.812 h
September 26.3°C16.2°C16.2°C348.112.012 h
October 25.6°C17.9°C17.9°C13323.412.312 h
November 24.4°C18.5°C18.5°C22426.412.613 h
December 24.6°C18.2°C18.2°C15621.112.713 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Gabela

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 limits

How 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.