Climate averages 1991–2020
Keren weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Keren: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asmara (71 km away). In January its highs average 20.5°C, 5.9°C cooler than Keren, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eritrea, Keren ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 23.5°C; Keren is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Asmara in JanuaryEritrea · 71 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Adwa in JanuaryEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Aksum in JanuaryEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JanuaryEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in JanuaryEthiopia · 199 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Kassala in JanuarySudan · 223 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JanuaryEthiopia · 277 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in JanuarySudan · 382 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0 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.