Climate averages 1991–2020
Asmara weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Asmara: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keren (71 km away). In June its highs average 30.7°C, 5.4°C warmer than Asmara, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Asmara ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 2 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 2 cities is 28.0°C; Asmara is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 182 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Keren in JuneEritrea · 71 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Adwa in JuneEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in JuneEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Aksum in JuneEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JuneEthiopia · 154 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JuneEthiopia · 213 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Kassala in JuneSudan · 272 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Alamata in JuneEthiopia · 332 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 45 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.