According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Gabon is May to June and September to October. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Gabon
- Best months
- May to June and September to October
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Gabon is best for
Pristine rainforest wilderness, coastal wildlife in Loango, mandrill tracking in Lopé, and remote equatorial waterfalls.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Gabon by month
Monthly averages around Libreville; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (216 mm) |
| February | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (219 mm) |
| March | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (285 mm) |
| April | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (246 mm) |
| May best | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (180 mm) |
| June best | about 25 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| July | about 24 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| August | about 25 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| September best | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (111 mm) |
| October best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (336 mm) |
| November | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (390 mm) |
| December | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (225 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Gabon
- Capital
- Libreville
- Language
- French
- Currency
- Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
- Time
- UTC+1
- Plugs
- Type C · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +241
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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