Climate averages 1991–2020
Asmara weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Asmara: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keren (71 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, 6.6°C warmer than Asmara, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Asmara ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 26.6°C; Asmara is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Keren in MarchEritrea · 71 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Adwa in MarchEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MarchEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Aksum in MarchEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MarchEthiopia · 154 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 213 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Kassala in MarchSudan · 272 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 332 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 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.