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Gabela weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Warmth in Gabela is remarkably steady: only 3.1°C separates the warmest month from the coolest, so there is no cold season to speak of. Rainfall is strongly seasonal: the bulk of the year's rain falls between February and April. Gabela weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, records and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

+2.2°Chigh above average

28° / 19°Today
25° / 17°Average
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How it's changed

+0.9°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49221days above 25°C a year now (2016–2025) · 257 in the 1940sdays above 25°C · 257 in the 1940s+0.9°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 95 mmhigh 25°low 17°February, rain 108 mmhigh 26°low 18°March, rain 253 mmhigh 26°low 18°April, rain 237 mmhigh 26°low 18°May, rain 40 mmhigh 26°low 17°June, rain 2 mmhigh 25°low 15°July, rain 1 mmhigh 25°low 14°August, rain 5 mmhigh 25°low 14°September, rain 39 mmhigh 25°low 15°October, rain 141 mmhigh 25°low 17°November, rain 219 mmhigh 24°low 18°December, rain 149 mmhigh 24°low 17°wettest month March, 253 mm · 1,290 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Partly cloudy

Right now

20.8°

23°feels like
89%humidity
19°dew point
5 km/hfrom E
UV index0.0
sunrise05:41sunset17:57day length12h 16m
TodayPartly cloudy28°19°
FriOvercast26°20°
SatOvercast27°20°
SunOvercast28°20°
MonOvercast25°19°
TueOvercast27°19°
WedOvercast27°21°

On this date: October 8

Today (forecast)
28° / 19°
Average for October 8
25° / 17°

High above average · +2.2°C

  • Record high: 29.9° · 1947
  • Record low: 15.1° · 1984
  • One year ago: 27° / 18°

Every October 8 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 8 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Gabela is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 10.85°S, 14.38°E, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
10.85°S, 14.38°E
Time zone
Africa/Luanda
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

21 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +0.6°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

April brings the year's peak warmth, with afternoons typically reaching 26.0°C and nights around 18.4°C. At the other extreme, July brings afternoon highs of about 24.9°C and typical overnight lows of 13.6°C.

Gabela picks up roughly 1,290 mm a year, with a peak of 253 mm in March and as little as 1 mm in July.

The record here starts in 1940, and since then the annual mean in Gabela has climbed 0.9°C from the first ten years to the last ten. The last decade has also run wetter, about 10% above the long-term precipitation average.

Climate graph (climograph)

April is the warmest month, July the coolest: a yearly swing of 3°C. Wettest month: March (~253 mm). Whole year averages ~1,290 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Gabela month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Record high/low are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightRecord highRecord low
January25.0°17.2°95 mm12.6 h30.9° (1990)11.9° (1940)
February25.8°17.5°108 mm12.3 h31.3° (1943)11.2° (1955)
March25.5°18.1°253 mm12.1 h31.6° (1985)10.7° (1940)
April26.0°18.4°237 mm11.8 h31.1° (2024)13.0° (2015)
May26.2°17.2°40 mm11.5 h30.9° (1981)11.8° (2006)
June25.4°14.6°2 mm11.4 h31.0° (1998)7.9° (1957)
July24.9°13.6°1 mm11.4 h29.6° (1990)8.2° (1950)
August25.0°13.9°5 mm11.6 h30.2° (1998)8.0° (1950)
September25.4°15.4°39 mm11.9 h29.9° (1943)10.9° (1943)
October24.9°17.3°141 mm12.2 h30.3° (1947)13.9° (1985)
November24.2°17.9°219 mm12.5 h29.3° (1941)12.5° (1985)
December24.4°17.4°149 mm12.6 h30.5° (1941)12.3° (1991)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +0.9°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.14°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Mar–May is warming fastest: +0.16°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 25°C per year: 256.6 early in the record → 221.2 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

All-time high in 1985, all-time low in 1957: 31.6°C / 7.9°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~1,290 mm/year on average. Last decade: +10% vs that average. Long-term trend: +30 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Gabela

Which is the warmest month in Gabela?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Gabela is April (mean daily temperature of about 21.3°C) and the coolest is July (about 18.2°C).
How does today's temperature in Gabela compare to the historical average?
On October 8, 2026, Gabela is forecast to reach a high of 27.6°C and a low of 19.1°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 25.4°C and a low of 17.0°C, so today's high is 2.2°C warmer than that average.
How much has Gabela warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Gabela is about 0.9°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Gabela?
Gabela receives about 1,290 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with March typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Gabela?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Gabela is about 20.0°C. The warmest month is April and the coolest is July.
What are the average temperatures in Gabela by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Gabela (°C, full record since 1940): January 25°/17°, February 26°/18°, March 26°/18°, April 26°/18°, May 26°/17°, June 25°/15°, July 25°/14°, August 25°/14°, September 25°/15°, October 25°/17°, November 24°/18°, December 24°/17°.

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