Assab weather in July

In July, Assab sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 8 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Assab's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Assab's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
31°
12th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:54 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
37%
12th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Assab is city in Eritrea.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical July day in Assab reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Assab

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Assab weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 23°91.711.38.3
Feb28° / 24°41.211.68.0
Mar30° / 25°30.811.96.9
Apr32° / 27°20.712.35.6
May33° / 29°10.212.64.7
Jun34° / 30°00.112.83.9
Jul35° / 31°80.712.73.4
Aug35° / 31°161.712.43.4
Sep34° / 30°40.512.13.9
Oct32° / 28°30.611.75.2
Nov30° / 25°10.411.46.7
Dec28° / 24°50.811.27.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Assab gets around 8 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in July

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Most of July feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 20 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.76 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Assab

In seasonPeak

In July, Assab sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Assab sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Assab?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Assab. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Assab in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Assab sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Assab in July

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in September at about 32°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Warm
May29Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Assab in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Assab peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Assab in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Assab is worst in July — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1843 µg/m³Nov 1317 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun36Poor
Jul44Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep26Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Assab?

Assab sits at 13.0°N, 42.7°E, 22 m above sea level, in Eritrea. The nearest listed city is Mocha, 65 km away.

MochaZabīd

Topography around Assab

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Assab.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Assab has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 396 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,961 m.

The land around Assab is covered by bare terrain (51%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (56%) and bare terrain (41%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (55%) and water (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
396 m
80 km
1,961 m
artificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
July weather nearby: Mocha 65 km · Obock 130 km · Tadjoura 137 km · Zabīd 146 km · Taiz 152 km · Djibouti 164 km · Arta 165 km · Balbala 166 km

Eritrea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2021
GDP per capita
$689
2011
Homicide rate
15.6
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
37.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Assab (13.0092°, 42.7394°, elevation 22 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).