Gabela climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gabela?

Gabela has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,252 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gabela?

The hottest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1985, reaching 31.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gabela?

The coldest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 8.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gabela?

Almost never: Gabela sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Gabela warmed?

Yes: Gabela warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gabela?

The wettest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2006, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gabela?

The windiest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2018, with winds reaching 23.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gabela?

The warmest month in Gabela is April (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gabela?

Gabela receives on average 1,252 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gabela?

Gabela gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gabela (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,252 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Gabela averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

Gabela has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 6 March 1985) and the coldest 8.0 °C (on 27 June 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

GabelaKwanza Sul Province

coords: -10.85°, 14.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

25.3°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,252mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

10.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.1 °C

Average feels-like low

18.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

7 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

31.7 °C

6 March 1985

Coldest day

8.0 °C

27 June 1957

Wettest day

118 mm

17 March 2006

Windiest day

23.6 km/h

6 June 2018

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

6 June 2018

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

12 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

6.0 °C

27 June 1957

Sunniest day

12.5 h

16 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.0 °C13 May 2025	11.3 °C10 August 2025	20.9 °C	1,097 mm	1
2024	31.2 °C19 April 2024	12.5 °C31 July 2024	21.4 °C	2,130 mm	17
2023	30.0 °C12 February 2023	12.6 °C21 July 2023	21.0 °C	1,486 mm	1
2022	29.4 °C12 April 2022	12.7 °C2 August 2022	20.5 °C	1,143 mm	0
2021	28.5 °C10 June 2021	12.8 °C13 July 2021	21.0 °C	1,250 mm	0
2020	29.3 °C1 May 2020	13.5 °C20 July 2020	21.0 °C	1,205 mm	0
2019	29.3 °C27 March 2019	12.8 °C11 July 2019	21.1 °C	1,420 mm	0
2018	29.0 °C3 May 2018	12.9 °C10 June 2018	20.9 °C	1,339 mm	0
2017	29.0 °C5 April 2017	12.9 °C13 August 2017	20.8 °C	1,160 mm	0
2016	29.0 °C13 April 2016	11.7 °C26 July 2016	21.2 °C	1,539 mm	0
2015	29.4 °C21 March 2015	12.0 °C7 August 2015	20.6 °C	1,544 mm	0
2014	28.9 °C5 May 2014	11.0 °C7 July 2014	20.6 °C	1,263 mm	0
2013	29.9 °C24 February 2013	11.9 °C28 July 2013	20.5 °C	1,178 mm	0
2012	29.8 °C11 June 2012	11.2 °C20 July 2012	20.3 °C	1,174 mm	0
2011	28.4 °C8 March 2011	12.2 °C10 June 2011	20.3 °C	1,241 mm	0
2010	29.2 °C9 April 2010	12.9 °C29 June 2010	20.8 °C	1,123 mm	0
2009	29.4 °C11 March 2009	11.9 °C12 July 2009	20.7 °C	1,236 mm	0
2008	29.1 °C13 May 2008	10.7 °C6 July 2008	20.2 °C	1,306 mm	0
2007	30.4 °C10 May 2007	11.7 °C11 June 2007	20.2 °C	1,418 mm	1
2006	28.9 °C9 October 2006	11.9 °C18 May 2006	20.2 °C	1,512 mm	0
2005	28.8 °C20 February 2005	11.6 °C23 June 2005	20.3 °C	1,445 mm	0
2004	29.3 °C26 April 2004	11.6 °C27 July 2004	20.1 °C	1,282 mm	0
2003	29.2 °C13 July 2003	11.9 °C1 July 2003	20.6 °C	1,235 mm	0
2002	29.9 °C14 September 2002	11.4 °C19 July 2002	20.4 °C	1,574 mm	0
2001	29.7 °C10 October 2001	11.5 °C20 July 2001	20.2 °C	1,090 mm	0
2000	28.9 °C21 May 2000	12.7 °C2 August 2000	20.2 °C	1,082 mm	0
1999	29.4 °C15 August 1999	13.1 °C18 August 1999	20.3 °C	1,416 mm	0
1998	31.2 °C11 June 1998	13.3 °C22 July 1998	21.1 °C	1,188 mm	9
1997	30.3 °C6 August 1997	11.3 °C3 July 1997	20.4 °C	1,344 mm	1
1996	29.8 °C21 June 1996	11.5 °C5 August 1996	20.3 °C	1,033 mm	0
1995	29.8 °C18 April 1995	13.1 °C23 July 1995	20.5 °C	1,317 mm	0
1994	29.3 °C9 February 1994	12.4 °C5 August 1994	20.2 °C	1,682 mm	0
1993	30.7 °C3 March 1993	12.5 °C5 August 1993	20.3 °C	1,225 mm	1
1992	29.1 °C12 March 1992	11.5 °C9 July 1992	19.8 °C	1,268 mm	0
1991	29.3 °C18 February 1991	9.8 °C9 June 1991	20.2 °C	1,291 mm	0
1990	31.0 °C26 January 1990	12.0 °C28 June 1990	20.5 °C	1,359 mm	3
1989	29.8 °C2 March 1989	11.9 °C19 July 1989	20.3 °C	1,039 mm	0
1988	30.1 °C25 May 1988	11.6 °C19 July 1988	20.5 °C	1,498 mm	1
1987	29.4 °C16 May 1987	12.3 °C27 July 1987	20.6 °C	1,110 mm	0
1986	30.0 °C22 August 1986	11.8 °C5 July 1986	20.1 °C	1,125 mm	1
1985	31.7 °C6 March 1985	12.0 °C24 June 1985	20.1 °C	1,067 mm	2
1984	30.1 °C13 August 1984	13.2 °C4 June 1984	20.5 °C	1,302 mm	3
1983	30.3 °C19 April 1983	10.1 °C25 June 1983	20.2 °C	1,218 mm	2
1982	28.2 °C22 May 1982	11.4 °C15 June 1982	19.8 °C	852 mm	0
1981	31.0 °C21 February 1981	10.9 °C22 June 1981	20.5 °C	846 mm	13
1980	30.3 °C16 May 1980	11.2 °C13 July 1980	20.3 °C	885 mm	2
1979	29.1 °C21 May 1979	12.0 °C2 August 1979	20.2 °C	1,159 mm	0
1978	28.4 °C5 March 1978	12.1 °C15 July 1978	19.6 °C	809 mm	0
1977	28.8 °C18 May 1977	11.5 °C11 July 1977	19.8 °C	1,091 mm	0
1976	28.2 °C13 September 1976	9.9 °C8 July 1976	19.3 °C	1,366 mm	0
1975	29.2 °C8 October 1975	10.9 °C22 July 1975	19.6 °C	1,126 mm	0
1974	28.1 °C29 April 1974	10.4 °C16 June 1974	19.5 °C	1,219 mm	0
1973	28.9 °C28 April 1973	12.1 °C10 August 1973	20.2 °C	1,270 mm	0
1972	28.2 °C11 February 1972	10.4 °C29 June 1972	19.7 °C	1,397 mm	0
1971	28.5 °C19 April 1971	11.9 °C18 July 1971	19.7 °C	1,322 mm	0
1970	28.9 °C24 March 1970	11.3 °C5 July 1970	19.9 °C	1,430 mm	0
1969	28.5 °C3 May 1969	11.9 °C31 July 1969	19.9 °C	1,185 mm	0
1968	29.0 °C3 May 1968	11.3 °C16 July 1968	19.6 °C	1,592 mm	0
1967	28.8 °C11 May 1967	12.5 °C26 July 1967	19.7 °C	1,227 mm	0
1966	29.2 °C16 May 1966	12.1 °C8 June 1966	20.2 °C	1,577 mm	0
1965	29.2 °C14 May 1965	11.5 °C14 July 1965	19.8 °C	1,664 mm	0
1964	28.6 °C8 April 1964	8.9 °C21 June 1964	19.6 °C	1,421 mm	0
1963	28.1 °C29 April 1963	8.7 °C14 July 1963	19.7 °C	1,147 mm	0
1962	27.8 °C17 April 1962	10.4 °C30 June 1962	19.5 °C	1,421 mm	0
1961	27.8 °C26 April 1961	9.8 °C12 June 1961	19.6 °C	1,112 mm	0
1960	27.3 °C12 April 1960	10.8 °C22 June 1960	19.8 °C	1,787 mm	0
1959	28.2 °C13 April 1959	12.3 °C16 June 1959	20.0 °C	1,712 mm	0
1958	27.9 °C11 August 1958	9.5 °C26 June 1958	19.4 °C	727 mm	0
1957	29.6 °C7 May 1957	8.0 °C27 June 1957	19.6 °C	1,133 mm	0
1956	29.1 °C8 January 1956	9.4 °C9 June 1956	19.3 °C	659 mm	0
1955	29.4 °C13 March 1955	10.3 °C28 August 1955	19.4 °C	984 mm	0
1954	28.9 °C23 April 1954	8.6 °C27 July 1954	19.8 °C	1,217 mm	0
1953	28.0 °C10 May 1953	11.5 °C22 June 1953	19.5 °C	816 mm	0
1952	28.5 °C21 September 1952	12.0 °C26 July 1952	19.8 °C	1,777 mm	0
1951	28.3 °C16 September 1951	12.3 °C17 July 1951	19.9 °C	1,687 mm	0
1950	29.5 °C15 August 1950	8.1 °C25 August 1950	19.5 °C	1,683 mm	0
1949	28.4 °C2 May 1949	11.8 °C14 August 1949	19.9 °C	1,627 mm	0
1948	30.0 °C10 February 1948	11.2 °C6 August 1948	19.9 °C	1,320 mm	1
1947	31.0 °C9 February 1947	9.1 °C11 July 1947	20.1 °C	928 mm	14
1946	31.4 °C3 March 1946	10.3 °C21 June 1946	20.0 °C	807 mm	14
1945	29.8 °C22 February 1945	11.5 °C7 July 1945	19.9 °C	1,130 mm	0
1944	29.6 °C27 August 1944	11.3 °C3 July 1944	20.2 °C	1,071 mm	0
1943	31.4 °C28 February 1943	10.1 °C3 July 1943	19.7 °C	1,264 mm	8
1942	30.8 °C23 January 1942	11.3 °C27 June 1942	20.1 °C	824 mm	4
1941	30.7 °C29 January 1941	11.5 °C8 August 1941	20.5 °C	477 mm	10
1940	31.0 °C22 February 1940	10.8 °C22 March 1940	19.7 °C	924 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1097 mm

-155 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.0 °C	-0.1 °C	81 mm	-7 mm
Feb	26.7 °C	+0.8 °C	47 mm	-58 mm
Mar	27.2 °C	+1.5 °C	200 mm	-50 mm
Apr	26.5 °C	+0.4 °C	255 mm	+21 mm
May	27.6 °C	+1.3 °C	54 mm	+16 mm
Jun	26.9 °C	+1.4 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Jul	25.1 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	23.8 °C	-1.3 °C	4 mm	-1 mm
Sep	25.0 °C	-0.5 °C	18 mm	-19 mm
Oct	25.3 °C	+0.3 °C	96 mm	-39 mm
Nov	25.1 °C	+0.8 °C	205 mm	-10 mm
Dec	25.5 °C	+1.0 °C	135 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.0 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest day

11.3 °C

10 Aug 2025

Wettest day

30.2 mm

28 Apr 2025

Windiest day

18.8 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

44.3 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.2 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.8 °C

10 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

10 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gabela?

Gabela has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,252 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gabela?

The hottest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1985, reaching 31.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gabela?

The coldest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 8.0 °C.

Does it snow in Gabela?

Almost never: Gabela sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Gabela warmed?

Yes: Gabela warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gabela?

The wettest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2006, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gabela?

The windiest day measured in Gabela between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2018, with winds reaching 23.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gabela?

The warmest month in Gabela is April (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Gabela?

Gabela receives on average 1,252 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gabela?

Gabela gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gabela?

Yes: Gabela has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gabela?

In Gabela, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 12 February 2024, and the lowest was 6.0 °C on 27 June 1957.

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