Northern Red Sea · EritreaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Darkot

Volcano137 m

Elevation137 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation6.7 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul41°average high

14.93° N, 39.82° EElevation 137 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Darkot in brief

Darkot rises to 137 m, Northern Red Sea, Eritrea.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 41°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Darkot by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	29°	29°	32°	35°	38°	40°	41°	41°	40°	37°	34°	31°
Average low	22°	22°	23°	26°	27°	28°	30°	31°	29°	27°	25°	23°
Precipitation	19 mm	21 mm	35 mm	36 mm	17 mm	6 mm	28 mm	19 mm	4 mm	14 mm	12 mm	20 mm
Cloud cover	31%	31%	21%	16%	14%	14%	23%	24%	13%	10%	9%	19%
Daylight	11h 20	11h 39	12h 02	12h 28	12h 49	13h 00	12h 56	12h 38	12h 14	11h 49	11h 27	11h 15
Month score	78	76	63	49	53	56	50	53	57	54	59	70

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,050 m	4,050 m	4,350 m	4,800 m	5,150 m	5,400 m	5,600 m	5,650 m	5,400 m	5,050 m	4,650 m	4,300 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Alid Volcano	904 m	–	12 km SE	36°
Jalua	713 m	–	12 km N	38°
Kara Allumta	122 m	–	3.9 km NW	41°
Fafah Le	110 m	–	6.6 km N	41°
Dola	105 m	–	17 km NW	41°
Gobbay Garo	94 m	–	8.6 km NE	40°