Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 37.9°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 10.6°C cooler than Gambēla, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Gambēla is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.9 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jimma in FebruaryEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Malakal in FebruarySouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in FebruaryEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Āreka in FebruaryEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in FebruaryEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in FebruaryEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Gununo in FebruaryEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Waliso in FebruaryEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 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.