Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Northern Red Sea

Current local time in Massawa:

04:52 AM, Monday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Massawa on map:^[1]

Massawa GPS coordinates^[2]

15° 36' 29.196" North, 39° 28' 28.38" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	16.28417°,	38.77143°
Center:	15.60811°,	39.47455°
Lower-right:	14.92981°,	40.17768°
Map W x H:	150.6×150.6 km	= 93.6×93.6mi

max Lat:	15.77792°   ⇑8.3% North
Massawa:	15.60811°
min Lat:	⇓91.7% South 13.00917°

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min Long	Massawa	max Long
36.6575°	39.47455°	42.73944°
W 83.3%⇐		⇒16.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Massawa is 9 m = 30 ft, and this is 1279.5 m = 4198 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	2528 m = 8294 ft	91.7%
Avg.	1288.5 m = 4227 ft
Massawa	9 m = 30 ft
Min E:	7 m = 23 ft	8.3%

See also: Eritrea elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Massawa is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 870.5 km =540.9 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Massawa
North Pole	8271.6	5139.7	to North
Arctic Circle	5665.7	3520.5	to North
Tropic Cancer	870.5	540.9	to North
Equator	1735.5	1078.4	to South

Nearby cities:

11 places around Massawa: (largest is in red/bold)

• Adi Keyh 85.6 km =53.2 mi, 187°
• Ak’ordat 170.6 km =106 mi, 267°
• Asmara 65.5 km =40.7 mi, 242°
• Barentu 209.6 km =130.2 mi, 254°
• Dek’emhāre 75.3 km =46.8 mi, 217°
• Edd 302.8 km =188.2 mi, 128°
• Keren 111.2 km =69.1 mi, 279°
• Mai-Mne 156.9 km =97.5 mi, 221°
• Mendefera 106.9 km =66.4 mi, 221°
• Quandeba 64.8 km =40.3 mi, 260°
• Teseney 307.1 km =190.8 mi, 259°

In other languages:

• In France: Massaoua
• In Italian: Massaua
• In Russian: Массауа
• In Chinese: 马萨瓦