Climate averages 1991–2020
Gambēla weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Gambēla: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimma (256 km away). In September its highs average 23.2°C, 8.6°C cooler than Gambēla, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Gambēla ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest September highs and joint 12th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Gambēla is 8.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Jimma in SeptemberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 248 mm rain
- Malakal in SeptemberSouth Sudan · 351 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in SeptemberEthiopia · 352 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Āreka in SeptemberEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 267 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in SeptemberEthiopia · 368 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 434 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in SeptemberEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 355 mm rain
- Gununo in SeptemberEthiopia · 369 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 267 mm rain
- Waliso in SeptemberEthiopia · 373 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 286 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.