Southern Red Sea Region · Eritrea
Assab travel guide
Assab is a city in Southern Red Sea Region, Eritrea, home to about 74,000 people.
- Currency
- ERNnakfa
- Time zone
- Africa/Asmara
- Language
- Arabic, English, Tigrinya
When to go
The best time to visit Assab
Assab has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 40 °C; July is the wettest, with about 13 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Questions
Assab: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Assab?
Assab has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 40 °C; July is the wettest, with about 13 mm of rain.
What currency is used in Assab?
nakfa (ERN).
Nearby
Destinations near Assab
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.