Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gabela, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks 41st of 47 for the warmest May highs and 40th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Gabela is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in MayAngola · 68 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Sumbe in MayAngola · 71 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Cela in MayAngola · 103 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Balombo in MayAngola · 172 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Bocoio in MayAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- N'dalatando in MayAngola · 182 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Lobito in MayAngola · 192 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Calumbo in MayAngola · 217 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 12 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.