Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabela weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Gabela: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto Amboim (68 km away). In September its highs average 23.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Gabela, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Gabela ranks 39th of 47 for the warmest September highs and 35th of 47 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 47 cities is 29.0°C; Gabela is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Porto Amboim in SeptemberAngola · 68 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Sumbe in SeptemberAngola · 71 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Cela in SeptemberAngola · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Balombo in SeptemberAngola · 172 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Bocoio in SeptemberAngola · 182 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- N'dalatando in SeptemberAngola · 182 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Lobito in SeptemberAngola · 192 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Calumbo in SeptemberAngola · 217 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 5.5 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.