Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In October its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Gabela, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks joint 45th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Gabela is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 224 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in OctoberAngola · 68 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Sumbe in OctoberAngola · 71 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Cela in OctoberAngola · 103 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Balombo in OctoberAngola · 172 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Bocoio in OctoberAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 135 mm rain
- N'dalatando in OctoberAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Lobito in OctoberAngola · 192 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Calumbo in OctoberAngola · 217 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 18 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.