Port Gentil weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇦 Gabon · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Port Gentil is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with August and June close behind. Port Gentil averages about 1,680 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,680
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 2,018 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 164k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Port Gentil?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Gentil is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (61/100, 204 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Gentil?
Port Gentil isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,680 hours of sunshine a year. July (88/100) is noticeably better than January (61). It ranks #2 of 6 destinations in Gabon for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,595 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 40% of the annual 2,018 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 204 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 205 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 281 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 258 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 172 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 20 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 88 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 3 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 87 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 7 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 78 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 54 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 61 | 26° / 79°F | 26° / 79°F | 263 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 341 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 210 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Port Gentil by month
The sea off Port Gentil is warmest in February at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in July at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Libreville Gabon · 149 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
- Malabo Equatorial Guinea · 497 km · best in Dec · 1,221 h sun/yr
- Douala Cameroon · 535 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr
- Pointe Noire Congo - Brazzaville · 574 km · best in Jul · 1,577 h sun/yr
- Yaoundé Cameroon · 583 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
- Port Harcourt Nigeria · 668 km · best in Jan · 1,725 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Corisco Equatorial Guinea · 191 km · 1,591 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- São Tomé São Tomé & Príncipe · 257 km · 1,797 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gamba Gabon · 272 km · 1,197 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé & Príncipe · 303 km · 1,591 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bata Equatorial Guinea · 314 km · 1,590 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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