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IslandAssab, Southern Red Sea

Halib

Island18 m elevationBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Elevation18 mabove sea level
Area78 km²surface
Nearest townAssab21 km
12.94° N, 42.92° EElevation 18 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goAssab · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec55October
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low32° / 27°
Island

Halib in brief

Halib is an island in Assab, Southern Red Sea, Eritrea.

It lies at 18 m above sea level and covers about 78 km².

The nearest town is Assab, 21 km to the W, where the weather is best in January, February and December.

Assab: weather and travel guide

Weather nearby now

Forecast for Assab
29°
Sunny now
Wind38 km/h
Humidity67%
Cloud cover0%
Today
27 Oct
31°
28°
Wed
28 Oct
32°
27°
Thu
29 Oct
33°
27°
Fri
30 Oct
32°
27°
Sat
31 Oct
31°
27°

Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day

The island from above

78 km² · coastline as mapped in OpenStreetMap
2 km
When to go

The best months around Halib

Climate of Assab

Month score in Assab

Comfort, dry days and sunshine · out of 100
88
Jan
85
Feb
76
Mar
68
Apr
55
May
48
Jun
26
Jul
26
Aug
29
Sep
55
Oct
77
Nov
86
Dec
Map

Halib from above

Nature nearbyAll of Eritrea
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
DercosIsland5.6 kmNDercos
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HuihebIsland6.0 kmNWHuiheb
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Umm-ale-LauranchiIsland7.0 kmSWUmm-ale-Lauranchi
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Arun'yaIsland7.7 kmWArun'ya
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AdayliIsland8.8 kmSWAdayli
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Lahāleb DesētIsland10 kmNWLahāleb Desēt
Around here

Assab and around

Assab
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Assab

Southern Red Sea · Eritrea
Jan–Feb · Decbest months
35°July high
22 maltitude
Assab

Nature

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
12 km E

Fatuma Desēt

Island · 3 m
Fatuma Desēt
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5.4 km SE

Um Ālbahār Desēt

Island
Um Ālbahār Desēt
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6.4 km E

Umm-al-Sciora

Island · 3 m
Umm-al-Sciora

Mountains

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
32 km W

Danakil mountain

2,218 m
Danakil mountain
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33 km W

Asseb Volcano

987 m
Asseb Volcano