Climate averages 1991–2020
Asmara weather
in November.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Asmara: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keren (71 km away). In November its highs average 27.4°C, 6.5°C warmer than Asmara, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Asmara ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Asmara is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Keren in NovemberEritrea · 71 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Adwa in NovemberEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in NovemberEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Aksum in NovemberEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in NovemberEthiopia · 154 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Mek'ele in NovemberEthiopia · 213 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Kassala in NovemberSudan · 272 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Alamata in NovemberEthiopia · 332 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 13 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.