Climate averages 1991–2020

Gambēla weather
in March.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 37.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 25.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 16 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a very hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, 10.4°C cooler than Gambēla, with 75 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Gambēla is 10.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 93 mm.

The annual picture

March 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, selected	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

March 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.