Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 7.9°C cooler than Gambēla, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 2nd of 40 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Gambēla is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Jimma in MayEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Malakal in MaySouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MayEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Āreka in MayEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MayEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 391 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Gununo in MayEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 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.