Assab weather in June

In June, Assab sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in June, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of June to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Assab's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Assab's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
30°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:46 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
35%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Assab is city in Eritrea.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical June day in Assab reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C warmer than May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Assab

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Assab weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 4th-warmest and 12th-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 June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Assab gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the oppressive band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113366
213564
313663
413861
514059
614257
714455
814752
914949
1015247
1125345
1225642
1325741
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2715643
2815445
2915247
3015049

Wind in June

Winds average 18 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of June to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:456:28
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312.75:456:28
412.75:456:29
512.75:456:29
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.92 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 — June's 5.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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96.0Intense
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Assab

In seasonPeak

In June, 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 June a good time to visit Assab?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

June 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 June

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

In June, Assab sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Assab in June

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in June — 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 June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 12Dec 13UV 7
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 June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June 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
June 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).