Anseba Region · Eritrea
Keren travel guide
Keren is a city in Anseba Region, Eritrea, home to about 147,000 people.
- Best months
- December and January
- Nearest airport
- ASM74 km · Asmara International Airport
- Currency
- ERNnakfa
- Time zone
- Africa/Asmara
- Language
- Arabic, English, Tigrinya
When to go
The best time to visit Keren
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Keren are December and January. June is the warmest month, with average highs of 35 °C; August is the wettest, with about 108 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).
Getting there
Getting to Keren: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Asmara International Airport (ASM), about 74 km from the city centre in a straight line.
ASM · Asmara International Airport
Questions
Keren: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Keren?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Keren are December and January. June is the warmest month, with average highs of 35 °C; August is the wettest, with about 108 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Keren?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Asmara International Airport (ASM), about 74 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Keren?
nakfa (ERN).
Nearby
Destinations near Keren
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; 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.