Climate averages 1991–2020

Gambēla weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 21.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 119 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In July its highs average 22.3°C, 7.4°C cooler than Gambēla, with 191 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Gambēla is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 105 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.