Climate averages 1991–2020
Asmara weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Asmara: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keren (71 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, 6.7°C warmer than Asmara, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Asmara ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 25.3°C; Asmara is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Keren in OctoberEritrea · 71 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Adwa in OctoberEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in OctoberEthiopia · 131 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Aksum in OctoberEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in OctoberEthiopia · 154 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Mek'ele in OctoberEthiopia · 213 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Kassala in OctoberSudan · 272 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Alamata in OctoberEthiopia · 332 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.4 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.