Assab
City in Eritrea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
صورة كنيسة في عصب - panoramio: vxr7475, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Assab is a city in Eritrea, in Southern Red Sea. About 21,300 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Eritrea in our atlas.
It lies at 13.01° N, 42.74° E, about 22 m (72 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Asmara time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Assab. Green dots: other major cities of Eritrea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Assab has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 293 mm (12 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in EritreaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 343386 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q738496 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- صورة كنيسة في عصب - panoramio: vxr7475, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)