Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In October its highs average 23.9°C, 8.0°C cooler than Gambēla, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest October highs and 28th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Gambēla is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jimma in OctoberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 148 mm rain
- Malakal in OctoberSouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in OctoberEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in OctoberEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Waliso in OctoberEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 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.