Assab in numbers
- Coordinates
- 13.0092, 42.7394
- Population
- 21 300
- Region
- Southern Red Sea
- Country
- Eritrea, Africa
- Capital
- Asmara — 485 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Assab, Southern Red Sea, Eritrea
The reading below is the local time in Assab, Southern Red Sea, Eritrea, taken from the Africa/Asmara zone (+3).
Assab, Eritrea
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Asmara
Local time in Assab
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Assab, Southern Red Sea.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:03 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 11 h 41 min Night 12 h 19 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Assab right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Assab and its neighbours
Largest cities in Southern Red Sea
- Edd 11 259
Other places named Assab
- Assab Dagestan, Russia
Nearby places
- Southern Denkalya Subregion — 1.1 km
- Tinishu Assab — 2.0 km
- Alela — 3.8 km
- Ayror — 6.7 km
- Margable — 6.9 km
- Meka'Ika — 8.8 km
Assab: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun breaks the horizon at Assab at 6:03 AM and leaves it at 5:44 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 41 min.
Southern Denkalya Subregion and Tinishu Assab lie near Assab and keep identical time.
Assab keeps the Africa/Asmara zone, which is UTC+3. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Assab?
- The time zone local to Assab is Africa/Asmara, with an offset of +3.
- Does Assab switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Assab: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Assab?
- At 5:44 PM.