The best time to go to Eritrea is from january until june and september until december, in which you have a pleasant or warm temperature and barely till mediocre rainfall. The highest average temperature in Eritrea is 30° in june and the lowest is 22° in december.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Eritrea or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.
| Day max °C |
| MM rain |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day max °C |
23° | 25° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 26° | 27° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 22° |
| MM rain |
22 mm | 31 mm | 114 mm | 130 mm | 125 mm | 86 mm | 343 mm | 332 mm | 69 mm | 41 mm | 47 mm | 21 mm |
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Eritrea there are 3 types of climates prevailing, namely the tropical wet and dry or savanna climate, hot semi-arid climate and hot desert climate. The average annual temperature for Eritrea is 26° degrees and there is 1361 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 132 days a year with an average humidity of 53% and an UV-index of 6.
| Day max °C |
| Night min °C |
| MM rain |
| Rain days |
| Dry days |
| Wind force in Bft |
| Average UV-index |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day max °C |
23° | 25° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 26° | 27° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 22° |
| Night min °C |
14° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 14° |
| MM rain |
22 mm | 31 mm | 114 mm | 130 mm | 125 mm | 86 mm | 343 mm | 332 mm | 69 mm | 41 mm | 47 mm | 21 mm |
| Rain days |
12 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Dry days |
19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 18 |
| Wind force in Bft |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average UV-index |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
The weather for Asmara in Eritrea will be 23° till 26° degrees in the next 14 days with several days chance of light rain showers till heavy rain.
Fr 19 Apr |
Sa 20 Apr |
Su 21 Apr |
Mo 22 Apr |
Tu 23 Apr |
We 24 Apr |
Th 25 Apr | |
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| Max (°C) | 23° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° |
| Min (°C) | 17° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1.6 mm |
7.9 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
25.3 mm |
41.6 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 25% | 60% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 85% | 90% |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 11 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
Fr 26 Apr |
Sa 27 Apr |
Su 28 Apr |
Mo 29 Apr |
Tu 30 Apr |
We 1 May |
Th 2 May | |
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| Max (°C) | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Min (°C) | 19° | 20° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 19.3 mm |
0 mm |
15.5 mm |
23.4 mm |
6.6 mm |
0.3 mm |
4.1 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 80% | 0% | 75% | 80% | 55% | 15% | 45% |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Eritrea is in the continental part Afrika and the capital is Asmara. It is 121.320 km² with 2.234 km of coastline and has a population of 5.068.831. In terms of area, the country is 2,5x as small as United Kingdom. If you want to call Eritrea you have to use +291 or 00291 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +2915012457809 or 002915012457809.
Eritrea is in a straight line at 5.304 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 7 hour and 25 min.
In Eritrea it is now 23:20 hour in the evening on friday 19 april 2019. That is 1 hour later than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Eritrea is Africa/Asmera and the Greenwich time is UTC+03.
In Eritrea the Eritrese nakfa is used to pay.
1 Eritrese nakfa = € 0,06 euro
100 Eritrese nakfa = € 5,83 euro
1 euro = 17,16 Eritrese nakfa
100 euro = 1.715,63 Eritrese nakfa
It can be difficult to calculate the exchange rate yourself. Install an app on your phone that updates the exchange rate daily. By entering the local price you immediately see what the price is in Euro.
Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.
You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:
MasterCard ATM Hunter
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Download Apple
MasterCard Nearby
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These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Eritrea.
