Keren
City in Eritrea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Keren, Eritrea, 2024: Mheidegger, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Keren is a city in Eritrea, in Anseba. About 74,800 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Eritrea in our atlas.
It lies at 15.78° N, 38.45° E, about 1,399 m (4,590 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Asmara time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Keren. Green dots: other major cities of Eritrea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Keren has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 36°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (58°F). Around 317 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 333287 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q534409 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Keren, Eritrea, 2024: Mheidegger, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)