Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gombe
Gombe climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation687 mm124 wet days a year
10.29° N, 11.17° EElevation 460 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goGombe · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low33° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gombe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 38° and nights 24°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 687 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (211 mm, 26 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in December to 53% in August.
Compared with Abuja, the capital, Gombe is 4.3° warmer on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · April
- Coldest nights
- 16° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 43 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 32 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 31° | 34° | 37° | 38° | 36° | 33° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 33° | 34° | 32° |
| Average low | 16° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 21 mm | 52 mm | 92 mm | 156 mm | 211 mm | 116 mm | 36 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 18.7 | 24.2 | 25.7 | 25 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 21% | 32% | 39% | 40% | 39% | 51% | 53% | 47% | 36% | 26% | 17% |
| Daylight | 11h 35 | 11h 48 | 12h 04 | 12h 21 | 12h 36 | 12h 43 | 12h 40 | 12h 28 | 12h 11 | 11h 54 | 11h 39 | 11h 32 |
| Month score | 74 | 62 | 53 | 41 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 41 | 60 | 71 |
ivMonth by month
Gombe in every month
January74
31° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February62
34° / 18°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
March53
37° / 21°
2 mm · 1.7 wet days
April41
38° / 24°
21 mm · 5.7 wet days
May28
36° / 25°
52 mm · 10.8 wet days
June28
33° / 24°
92 mm · 18.7 wet days
July36
30° / 22°
156 mm · 24.2 wet days
August42
29° / 22°
211 mm · 25.7 wet days
September39
30° / 22°
116 mm · 25 wet days
October41
33° / 22°
36 mm · 10.2 wet days
November60
34° / 19°
1 mm · 1.7 wet days
December71
32° / 17°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days