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Satellite view of Aghig; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Aghig

EritreaSouthern Red Sea · Eritrea · Red Sea

13.2667, 42.3833 · Assab, 48 km

  • 32°Sea · September
  • 34°High · September
  • 9.6 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Aghig. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Aghig in October

  • 32°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 9.5 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month19 mm in total
  • 24 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 30.5 °C — 1.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 32.3 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September32 °C
Most sunshineMay and October10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and November2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°9 h2 mm
  2. Feb25°9 h2 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h4 mm
  4. Apr27°10 h22 mm
  5. May29°10 h19 mm
  6. Jun31°9 h16 mm
  7. Jul31°8 h71 mm
  8. Aug31°8 h82 mm
  9. Sep32°8 h43 mm
  10. Oct29°10 h19 mm
  11. Nov27°9 h2 mm
  12. Dec26°9 h6 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
25°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25°Feb: 25°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 29°Jun: 31°Jul: 31°Aug: 31°Sep: 32°Oct: 29°Nov: 27°Dec: 26°32°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Feb: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Mar: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Apr: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 27°)May: 31 °C (High 33° / Low 29°)Jun: 32 °C (High 34° / Low 30°)Jul: 32 °C (High 34° / Low 31°)Aug: 32 °C (High 34° / Low 30°)Sep: 32 °C (High 34° / Low 31°)Oct: 30 °C (High 32° / Low 28°)Nov: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Dec: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)32°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 mm2Feb: 2 mmMar: 4 mmApr: 22 mmMay: 19 mmJun: 16 mmJul: 71 mmAug: 82 mm82Sep: 43 mmOct: 19 mmNov: 2 mmDec: 6 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.6 hFeb: 9.0 hMar: 9.3 hApr: 9.5 hMay: 9.6 h9.6Jun: 8.8 hJul: 7.5 h7.5Aug: 7.5 h7.5Sep: 8.4 hOct: 9.5 hNov: 9.3 hDec: 9.0 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Aghig: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Aghig: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282425208.632
February282425219.032
March302526429.330
April3227272249.527
May3329291949.618
June3430311638.815
July34313171147.516
August34303182177.515
Septemberwarmest sea3431324388.415
October3228291949.524
November302627219.331
December292426619.032

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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