Asmara Weather in August
Asmara in August
The short of it: Asmara in August averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 164 mm (6.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 13° · rain 164 mm · daylight 12 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Asmara an average August high of 25°, a low of 13° and some 164 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 164 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 38 min in mid-August, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Asmara runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Dbarwa, 29 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Asmara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 31 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h