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Eritrea - Climate

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Due to great differences in altitude Eritrea has a wide variety of climatic conditions. The effects of elevation are seen most clearly in the wide range of temperatures experienced throughout the country. On the coast, Massawa (Mitsiwa) has one of the highest averages in the world (86° F, or 30° C), while Asmara, only 40 miles away yet more than 7,500 feet higher on the plateau, averages 62° F (17° C). Annual rainfall on the plateau is 16 to 20 inches (400 to 500 millimetres), while on the western plain it is less. In both the highlands and the western lowlands, rainfall comes in Summer. The eastern edges of the plateau and, to a lesser extent, the coastal fringes receive much smaller quantities of rain, and the interior regions of the Denakil Plain are practically rainless.
Shadows playing on a wall in Asmara	Sunrise at Dahlak archipelago	Morning light over the mountains near Senafe
Sunset over trees on Dahlak archipelago	Morning fog at Debre Bizen	Sunrays over mountains near Senafe
Sunset near Senafe	Early morning light at Dahlak archipelago	Orange sunset at Dahlak archipelago