Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In November its highs average 24.6°C, 7.7°C cooler than Gambēla, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest November highs and joint 37th of 40 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 40 cities is 24.3°C; Gambēla is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 9.1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Jimma in NovemberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Malakal in NovemberSouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in NovemberEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Āreka in NovemberEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in NovemberEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in NovemberEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Gununo in NovemberEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Waliso in NovemberEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 16 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.