Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 2.7°C warmer than Gabela, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks 39th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 46th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Gabela is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 239 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in MarchAngola · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Sumbe in MarchAngola · 71 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Cela in MarchAngola · 103 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Balombo in MarchAngola · 172 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 182 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 mm rain
- N'dalatando in MarchAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 194 mm rain
- Lobito in MarchAngola · 192 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Calumbo in MarchAngola · 217 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 116 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.