Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in April.
A very hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In April its highs average 25.9°C, 9.0°C cooler than Gambēla, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Gambēla is 8.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gambēla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 16 | 4.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 93 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 20.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 128 | 16.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 119 | 16.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 105 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 74 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 112 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 74 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 9.1 | 2.2 | 11.712 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
April in nearby cities
- Jimma in AprilEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Malakal in AprilSouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in AprilEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Āreka in AprilEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AprilEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AprilEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 286 mm rain
- Gununo in AprilEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Waliso in AprilEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 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 Gambēla) is explained once on the Gambēla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.