Climate averages 1991–2020
Asmara weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Asmara: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keren (71 km away). In July its highs average 26.4°C, 4.0°C warmer than Asmara, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Asmara ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 2 cities is 24.4°C; Asmara is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 182 mm to 211 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Keren in JulyEritrea · 71 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Adwa in JulyEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in JulyEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Aksum in JulyEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JulyEthiopia · 154 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 433 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JulyEthiopia · 213 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Kassala in JulySudan · 272 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Alamata in JulyEthiopia · 332 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 226 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.