Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Maekel

Current local time in Asmara:

05:46 AM, Monday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Asmara on map:^[1]

Asmara GPS coordinates^[2]

15° 20' 16.98" North, 38° 55' 54.624" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	16.01502°,	38.22872°
Center:	15.33805°,	38.93184°
Lower-right:	14.65888°,	39.63497°
Map W x H:	150.8×150.8 km	= 93.7×93.7mi

max Lat:	15.77792°   ⇑33.3% North
Asmara:	15.33805°
min Lat:	⇓66.7% South 13.00917°

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min Long	Asmara	max Long
36.6575°	38.93184°	42.73944°
W 58.3%⇐		⇒41.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Asmara is 2334 m = 7657 ft, and this is 1045.5 m = 3430 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	2528 m = 8294 ft	16.7%
Asmara	2334 m 7657 ft
Avg.	1288.5 m = 4227 ft
Min E:	7 m = 23 ft	83.3%

See also: Asmara elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Asmara is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 900.5 km =559.5 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Asmara
North Pole	8301.6	5158.4	to North
Arctic Circle	5695.7	3539.1	to North
Tropic Cancer	900.5	559.5	to North
Equator	1705.4	1059.7	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Adi Keyh 72.8 km =45.2 mi, 138°
• Ak’ordat 114.8 km =71.3 mi, 281°
• Barentu 146.2 km =90.8 mi, 259°
• Dek’emhāre 32.3 km =20.1 mi, 157°
• Edd 335.8 km =208.7 mi, 117°
• Keren 71 km =44.1 mi, 313°
• Mai-Mne 98.6 km =61.3 mi, 207°
• Massawa 65.5 km =40.7 mi, 62°
• Mendefera 51.7 km =32.1 mi, 194°
• Quandeba 19.9 km =12.4 mi, 343°
• Teseney 245.3 km =152.4 mi, 264°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Асмэра
• In Chinese: 阿斯馬拉