Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In August its highs average 22.5°C, 7.5°C cooler than Gambēla, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Gambēla is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Jimma in AugustEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 205 mm rain
- Malakal in AugustSouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in AugustEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Āreka in AugustEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AugustEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Gununo in AugustEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Waliso in AugustEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 243 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.