Gambēla climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gambēla?

Gambēla has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,092 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2005, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gambēla?

The coldest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1962, at 15.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gambēla?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gambēla warmed?

Yes: Gambēla warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gambēla?

The wettest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1970, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gambēla?

The windiest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2005, with winds reaching 20.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gambēla?

The warmest month in Gambēla is March (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gambēla?

Gambēla receives on average 1,092 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gambēla?

Gambēla gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gambēla (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,092 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 March (30.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Gambēla averages 0 frost days, 260 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

Gambēla has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 26 February 2005) and the coldest 15.8 °C (on 5 January 1962).

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

GambēlaGambella Region

coords: 8.25°, 34.58°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

32.3°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,092mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

8.6km/h

Seasonal range

5.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

260 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.4 °C

Average feels-like low

24.5 °C

Average peak gust

25.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

340 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

43.4 °C

26 February 2005

Coldest day

15.8 °C

5 January 1962

Wettest day

119 mm

1 May 1970

Windiest day

20.2 km/h

28 February 2005

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

18 March 1985

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

26 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

15.0 °C

5 January 1962

Sunniest day

12.0 h

16 May 2009

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.4 °C27 February 2025	19.9 °C20 August 2025	28.4 °C	578 mm	317
2024	41.3 °C13 March 2024	20.6 °C18 August 2024	29.0 °C	616 mm	323
2023	40.8 °C26 February 2023	20.8 °C28 July 2023	28.8 °C	648 mm	325
2022	40.6 °C8 March 2022	19.3 °C28 August 2022	27.9 °C	826 mm	290
2021	40.0 °C8 March 2021	20.0 °C10 September 2021	28.2 °C	567 mm	289
2020	40.4 °C8 March 2020	18.5 °C12 January 2020	27.4 °C	800 mm	277
2019	40.6 °C21 March 2019	19.9 °C13 July 2019	27.8 °C	941 mm	283
2018	40.0 °C14 February 2018	20.0 °C24 June 2018	28.4 °C	664 mm	313
2017	41.0 °C14 March 2017	19.9 °C14 July 2017	28.4 °C	750 mm	307
2016	41.2 °C19 February 2016	19.0 °C28 January 2016	28.9 °C	598 mm	319
2015	40.3 °C18 February 2015	17.2 °C11 January 2015	28.3 °C	804 mm	328
2014	39.7 °C23 February 2014	19.8 °C13 February 2014	27.9 °C	757 mm	311
2013	40.6 °C1 March 2013	18.1 °C15 December 2013	27.6 °C	918 mm	280
2012	40.6 °C18 March 2012	20.0 °C19 July 2012	27.4 °C	1,068 mm	270
2011	40.8 °C11 February 2011	17.3 °C3 December 2011	27.5 °C	877 mm	291
2010	40.6 °C2 February 2010	19.8 °C24 July 2010	27.9 °C	910 mm	282
2009	39.6 °C9 March 2009	19.9 °C30 June 2009	28.3 °C	627 mm	345
2008	39.9 °C20 March 2008	19.3 °C12 June 2008	27.3 °C	910 mm	289
2007	40.3 °C21 March 2007	19.8 °C1 January 2007	27.7 °C	864 mm	291
2006	41.3 °C4 March 2006	19.3 °C18 November 2006	27.8 °C	869 mm	296
2005	43.4 °C26 February 2005	19.7 °C4 January 2005	28.4 °C	765 mm	307
2004	40.4 °C25 March 2004	20.3 °C1 August 2004	27.8 °C	716 mm	318
2003	40.9 °C4 April 2003	19.5 °C7 July 2003	28.0 °C	786 mm	303
2002	39.7 °C27 February 2002	18.8 °C26 December 2002	28.0 °C	748 mm	328
2001	38.5 °C4 February 2001	19.4 °C8 January 2001	27.2 °C	941 mm	295
2000	40.4 °C27 February 2000	19.4 °C23 July 2000	27.7 °C	578 mm	308
1999	40.2 °C8 February 1999	19.6 °C1 January 1999	27.5 °C	816 mm	301
1998	40.6 °C15 March 1998	18.9 °C14 February 1998	27.9 °C	812 mm	314
1997	40.0 °C8 March 1997	19.4 °C5 July 1997	27.3 °C	1,215 mm	288
1996	40.4 °C12 March 1996	19.6 °C13 July 1996	26.8 °C	1,286 mm	244
1995	39.4 °C15 February 1995	20.0 °C2 July 1995	27.4 °C	999 mm	288
1994	40.2 °C12 February 1994	19.3 °C4 December 1994	27.2 °C	1,180 mm	232
1993	39.4 °C7 March 1993	18.7 °C7 February 1993	27.7 °C	768 mm	317
1992	41.1 °C12 March 1992	18.2 °C5 January 1992	26.9 °C	935 mm	273
1991	40.2 °C19 February 1991	18.8 °C14 October 1991	26.8 °C	1,195 mm	267
1990	39.5 °C12 April 1990	19.2 °C4 August 1990	27.5 °C	822 mm	303
1989	39.0 °C4 March 1989	18.4 °C22 January 1989	26.5 °C	976 mm	278
1988	40.0 °C4 March 1988	18.9 °C16 November 1988	27.1 °C	1,075 mm	269
1987	40.2 °C21 March 1987	19.5 °C4 January 1987	27.3 °C	1,090 mm	277
1986	38.1 °C4 February 1986	19.1 °C10 July 1986	26.3 °C	1,227 mm	238
1985	40.8 °C15 March 1985	18.6 °C28 August 1985	26.0 °C	1,343 mm	193
1984	40.2 °C20 February 1984	19.2 °C23 January 1984	27.1 °C	835 mm	288
1983	39.8 °C30 March 1983	17.7 °C29 December 1983	27.0 °C	1,176 mm	250
1982	39.6 °C26 March 1982	18.6 °C5 December 1982	26.9 °C	944 mm	276
1981	39.2 °C23 February 1981	18.6 °C9 November 1981	26.8 °C	1,250 mm	262
1980	40.2 °C11 March 1980	19.4 °C22 November 1980	26.9 °C	1,086 mm	269
1979	37.6 °C16 February 1979	19.3 °C31 January 1979	26.4 °C	1,276 mm	269
1978	38.5 °C11 February 1978	18.7 °C30 October 1978	26.0 °C	1,334 mm	230
1977	39.0 °C22 February 1977	19.0 °C22 January 1977	26.0 °C	1,524 mm	222
1976	38.3 °C11 March 1976	18.4 °C24 August 1976	25.9 °C	1,514 mm	232
1975	38.4 °C9 March 1975	17.7 °C29 December 1975	25.7 °C	1,560 mm	209
1974	38.3 °C25 February 1974	19.1 °C7 October 1974	26.0 °C	1,332 mm	217
1973	41.2 °C18 March 1973	18.0 °C3 December 1973	26.6 °C	1,279 mm	234
1972	38.8 °C4 March 1972	17.8 °C2 January 1972	26.2 °C	1,493 mm	244
1971	40.1 °C28 February 1971	16.6 °C20 December 1971	25.9 °C	1,440 mm	211
1970	40.3 °C13 February 1970	17.8 °C28 November 1970	26.7 °C	1,258 mm	270
1969	39.5 °C10 February 1969	19.0 °C1 November 1969	27.0 °C	1,007 mm	295
1968	38.4 °C19 February 1968	16.9 °C17 January 1968	26.0 °C	1,248 mm	260
1967	39.4 °C18 February 1967	16.9 °C28 December 1967	25.6 °C	1,635 mm	221
1966	38.4 °C12 May 1966	18.6 °C20 November 1966	26.7 °C	890 mm	268
1965	38.1 °C25 April 1965	18.0 °C10 January 1965	26.7 °C	789 mm	256
1964	39.5 °C1 April 1964	18.5 °C30 December 1964	26.3 °C	1,021 mm	200
1963	37.5 °C24 March 1963	18.0 °C27 December 1963	25.3 °C	1,482 mm	195
1962	38.4 °C5 February 1962	15.8 °C5 January 1962	25.3 °C	1,809 mm	209
1961	39.2 °C8 March 1961	18.8 °C19 September 1961	25.7 °C	1,486 mm	198
1960	39.6 °C22 March 1960	19.0 °C1 August 1960	25.8 °C	1,461 mm	245
1959	40.2 °C17 March 1959	18.7 °C29 November 1959	25.8 °C	1,474 mm	242
1958	39.9 °C29 March 1958	18.1 °C18 December 1958	26.1 °C	1,508 mm	232
1957	37.8 °C3 March 1957	17.7 °C5 February 1957	25.9 °C	1,524 mm	235
1956	39.4 °C11 March 1956	17.7 °C19 January 1956	25.8 °C	1,294 mm	229
1955	39.2 °C18 March 1955	18.2 °C7 November 1955	25.6 °C	1,276 mm	208
1954	39.6 °C18 March 1954	18.2 °C8 April 1954	25.3 °C	1,406 mm	187
1953	36.4 °C29 March 1953	17.6 °C20 December 1953	24.7 °C	2,038 mm	160
1952	37.3 °C28 January 1952	18.8 °C25 November 1952	25.2 °C	1,731 mm	183
1951	37.6 °C28 February 1951	18.1 °C26 December 1951	25.3 °C	1,460 mm	186
1950	36.6 °C23 January 1950	17.8 °C15 August 1950	24.4 °C	1,997 mm	142
1949	38.4 °C24 March 1949	17.8 °C11 February 1949	25.0 °C	1,529 mm	171
1948	38.9 °C2 April 1948	17.7 °C25 December 1948	25.8 °C	1,230 mm	185
1947	38.0 °C8 March 1947	17.5 °C5 December 1947	25.9 °C	1,067 mm	216
1946	39.9 °C17 February 1946	16.8 °C11 December 1946	26.5 °C	1,010 mm	211
1945	38.8 °C24 February 1945	18.7 °C6 July 1945	26.8 °C	829 mm	261
1944	39.3 °C15 March 1944	18.1 °C1 December 1944	27.2 °C	632 mm	287
1943	39.7 °C18 March 1943	18.2 °C8 August 1943	26.2 °C	1,237 mm	202
1942	39.5 °C4 March 1942	17.7 °C17 July 1942	27.0 °C	697 mm	297
1941	42.8 °C27 March 1941	17.9 °C11 January 1941	27.1 °C	738 mm	301
1940	37.4 °C11 March 1940	17.8 °C29 November 1940	25.7 °C	1,242 mm	193

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.1 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

317 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

578 mm

-514 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	37.4 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Feb	38.5 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Mar	38.5 °C	+2.2 °C	2 mm	-31 mm
Apr	36.2 °C	+1.9 °C	31 mm	-77 mm
May	34.6 °C	+2.9 °C	59 mm	-114 mm
Jun	33.5 °C	+3.3 °C	26 mm	-114 mm
Jul	30.0 °C	+1.2 °C	134 mm	-7 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	-0.5 °C	193 mm	+63 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	+0.7 °C	45 mm	-66 mm
Oct	31.9 °C	+1.0 °C	73 mm	-55 mm
Nov	34.0 °C	+2.8 °C	16 mm	-79 mm
Dec	35.1 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.9 °C

20 Aug 2025

Wettest day

53.5 mm

25 Jul 2025

Windiest day

15.6 km/h

25 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

40.0 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.0 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

21 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gambēla?

Gambēla has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,092 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gambēla?

The hottest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2005, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gambēla?

The coldest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1962, at 15.8 °C.

Does it snow in Gambēla?

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

Has the climate of Gambēla warmed?

Yes: Gambēla warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gambēla?

The wettest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1970, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gambēla?

The windiest day measured in Gambēla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2005, with winds reaching 20.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gambēla?

The warmest month in Gambēla is March (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Gambēla?

Gambēla receives on average 1,092 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gambēla?

Gambēla gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gambēla?

Yes: Gambēla has on average 340 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gambēla?

In Gambēla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 26 February 2005, and the lowest was 15.0 °C on 5 January 1962.

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