Massawa

Eritrea

Decay and grandeur collide in this Red Sea port shaped by Ottoman and Italian colonial histories.

Warmest month is July at 37°C on average. Coolest is January at 26°C. Driest reading falls in June with 0 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

  • Flight timeMethodology
    7h 30m from London Heathrow
    Great-circle plus routing overhead.
  • 2,032 kg return from London Heathrow
    DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January26°±3°17
February26°±3°15
March28°±3°7
April30°±3°4
May33°±2°2
June36°±2°0
July37°±2°1
August36°±2°3
September36°±2°0
October32°±2°5
November30°±2°8
December27°±2°12

What to do

  • Wander the ruined Imperial Palace
  • View the ancient Shrine of Sahaba
  • Snorkel the pristine waters of Green Island

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.