Eritrea - General information
region region
Capital Asmara
Language Tigrinya, Arabic
Currency Nakfa
Population 6,233,682
Phone code +291
Coordinates of Eritrea
Time Zone Africa/Asmara
GMT +3
DST +3
Latitude 15.000000000
Longitude 39.000000000
Elevation (STRM3) 1867 m.

List of largest cities in Eritrea

 
Asmara Asmara
Asmara Maekel
563,930
Keren Keren
Keren Anseba
74,800
Massawa Massawa
Massawa Northern Red Sea
23,100
Assab Assab
Assab Southern Red Sea
21,300
Mendefera Mendefera
Mendefera Debub
17,781
Barentu Barentu
Barentu Gash-Barka
15,891

Weather, climate, temperature by months in Eritrea

Season Autumn Winter Spring Summer
Month Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Year
Record high °C 31 31 29 29 29 30 32 32 33 33 31 32 33
Average high °C 26 26 25 24 23 24 26 27 28 27 25 25 25
Average temperature °C 25 24 22 21 20 21 23 24 26 26 26 25 23
Average low °C 18 17 15 14 14 13 14 17 19 19 18 18 16
Record low °C 10 8 8 7 5 4 5 7 10 12 12 12 4
Rain Days 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 4 5 19
Fog Days 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 21
Thunderstorms Days 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 4 20
Average precipitation Mm. 23 9 14 9 8 8 11 19 22 25 99 97 343
Relative humidity % 62 63 65 65 62 58 56 56 55 52 65 69 61
Relative humidity morning % 51 52 54 51 52 44 45 47 46 44 59 61 50
Relative humidity evening % 30 35 34 29 26 22 23 27 28 25 40 43 30
Wind speed Km/h 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 12 11
Day Length Hours 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12
Dew point °C 17 16 15 14 13 12 13 15 15 15 18 19 180
Growing degree-day °C 433 418 361 331 321 311 395 428 474 477 469 458 4875
Solar radiation, global Mj/m2 22 21 20 18 18 19 21 24 24 23 21 21 21
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