Climate averages 1991–2020
Asmara weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Asmara: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keren (71 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, 6.0°C warmer than Asmara, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Asmara ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is 25.0°C; Asmara is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Asmara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 49 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| February, selected | 22.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 34 | 9.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 23.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 48 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 63 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 24.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 47 | 10.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 25.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 39 | 8.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 182 | 27.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 211 | 26.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 38 | 6.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 28 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 32 | 8.4 | 11.411 h |
| December | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 10.9 | 11.211 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Keren in FebruaryEritrea · 71 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Adwa in FebruaryEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in FebruaryEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Aksum in FebruaryEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in FebruaryEthiopia · 154 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mek'ele in FebruaryEthiopia · 213 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Kassala in FebruarySudan · 272 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Alamata in FebruaryEthiopia · 332 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 36 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Asmara) is explained once on the Asmara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.