Massawa
City in Eritrea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Historic Center Massawa Panorama: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Massawa is a city in Eritrea, in Northern Red Sea. About 23,100 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Eritrea in our atlas.
It lies at 15.61° N, 39.47° E, about 9 m (30 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Asmara time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Massawa. Green dots: other major cities of Eritrea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Massawa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 37°C (99°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (67°F). Around 213 mm (8 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 330546 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q275635 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Historic Center Massawa Panorama: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)