Asmara weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇷 Eritrea · highland city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Asmara is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with December and February close behind. Asmara averages about 3,420 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,420

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

414 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

621k

Elevation

2,317 m

When is the best time to visit Asmara?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Asmara is January, then December and February. The dullest month is August (73/100, 144 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Asmara?

Asmara is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,420 hours of sunshine a year. January (99/100) is noticeably better than August (73). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Eritrea. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 73% of the year's 414 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 431 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 494 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
• Abha Saudi Arabia · 516 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 620 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Najran Saudi Arabia · 642 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr
• Bisha Saudi Arabia · 653 km · best in Jan · 3,690 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Axum Ethiopia · 128 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 152 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Mekele Ethiopia · 214 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kassala Sudan · 277 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gondar Ethiopia · 347 km · 3,297 h sun/yr · best in Jan