Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Gabela, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks joint 38th of 47 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Gabela is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in JanuaryAngola · 68 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Sumbe in JanuaryAngola · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Cela in JanuaryAngola · 103 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Balombo in JanuaryAngola · 172 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Bocoio in JanuaryAngola · 182 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 143 mm rain
- N'dalatando in JanuaryAngola · 182 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Lobito in JanuaryAngola · 192 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Calumbo in JanuaryAngola · 217 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 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.