Climate averages 1991–2020
Keren weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Keren: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asmara (71 km away). In August its highs average 22.1°C, 3.0°C cooler than Keren, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Keren ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 23.6°C; Keren is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Keren climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 28.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 4.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 32.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 20 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| June | 30.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 42 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| July | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 86 | 20.1 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 25.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 193 | 28.3 | 12.713 h |
| September | 27.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 123 | 16.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Asmara in AugustEritrea · 71 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Adwa in AugustEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 270 mm rain
- Aksum in AugustEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 297 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in AugustEthiopia · 199 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 311 mm rain
- Kassala in AugustSudan · 223 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 277 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in AugustSudan · 382 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 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 Keren) is explained once on the Keren year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.