Climate guideThirty-year normals for Asmara
Asmara climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Feb–Mar · Dec
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation696 mm95 wet days a year
15.34° N, 38.93° EElevation 2,334 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goAsmara · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Dec
October: high / low21° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Asmara has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 696 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (172 mm, 21 wet days) and February the driest (32 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in October to 35% in August.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · June
- Coldest nights
- 8° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- October · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 13 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 | 18° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 19° |
| Average low | 8° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 37 mm | 32 mm | 48 mm | 49 mm | 46 mm | 33 mm | 158 mm | 172 mm | 30 mm | 31 mm | 22 mm | 38 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 9 | 6.7 | 6 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 22% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 32% | 35% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 23% |
| Daylight | 11h 19 | 11h 39 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 50 | 13h 02 | 12h 57 | 12h 39 | 12h 14 | 11h 48 | 11h 25 | 11h 13 |
| Month score | 91 | 94 | 93 | 79 | 84 | 86 | 66 | 65 | 78 | 82 | 92 | 94 |
ivMonth by month
Asmara in every month
January91
18° / 8°
37 mm · 4 wet days
February94
20° / 9°
32 mm · 2.7 wet days
March93
21° / 10°
48 mm · 2.8 wet days
April79
22° / 11°
49 mm · 9 wet days
May84
24° / 12°
46 mm · 6.7 wet days
June86
25° / 13°
33 mm · 6 wet days
July66
22° / 13°
158 mm · 20.2 wet days
August65
22° / 13°
172 mm · 20.7 wet days
September78
23° / 12°
30 mm · 9.5 wet days
October82
21° / 11°
31 mm · 7.7 wet days
November92
20° / 9°
22 mm · 3.3 wet days
December94
19° / 9°
38 mm · 2.7 wet days