Gambēla weather in July

In July, Gambēla sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 119 mm of rain across 16.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gambēla's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gambēla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
119 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:34 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Gambēla is city in Ethiopia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gambēla reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Gambēla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gambēla weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 23°10.411.62.5
Feb38° / 24°3111.71.5
Mar37° / 26°164.711.91.5
Apr35° / 25°9314.612.22.1
May32° / 24°13620.112.42.9
Jun31° / 23°12816.312.53.9
Jul29° / 22°11916.712.44.3
Aug30° / 22°10516.712.34.2
Sep32° / 23°7413.4123.8
Oct32° / 23°11219.511.83.1
Nov32° / 22°7413.211.63.5
Dec34° / 22°92.211.53.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gambēla gets around 119 mm of rain over 16.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
109901
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Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:316:59
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512.56:327:00
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.66 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Gambēla

In seasonPeak

In July, Gambēla sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Gambēla's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Gambēla?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Gambēla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gambēla in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Gambēla sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gambēla in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gambēla peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Gambēla in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Gambēla is worst in January — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (May, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateUnhealthyJan 1596 µg/m³May 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan98Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar42Poor
Apr21Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Gambēla?

Gambēla sits at 8.3°N, 34.6°E, 439 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dembī Dolo, 40 km away.

MetuTēpīBambesiGimbiNejoMīzan TeferīKomtikas

Topography around Gambēla

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Gambēla.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gambēla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 454 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 857 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,842 m.

The land around Gambēla is covered by grassland (44%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
857 m
80 km
2,842 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Dembī Dolo 40 km · Metu 110 km · Tēpī 151 km · Bambesi 168 km · Gimbi 171 km · Nejo 172 km · Mīzan Teferī 178 km · Komtikas 179 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$933
2025
Happiness
4.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
14%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.5
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
28.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 499
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Gambēla (8.25°, 34.5833°, elevation 439 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).