Climate averages 1991–2020

Gambēla weather
in January.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 36.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 23.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 1.4 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a very hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In January its highs average 26.0°C, 10.2°C cooler than Gambēla, with 24 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Gambēla is 11.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 37.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 2.9 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gambēla, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Gambēla

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 limits

How 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.