Climate averages 1991–2020
Antalaha weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Antalaha: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (71 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Antalaha, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antalaha ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Antalaha is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Antalaha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 294 | 28.2 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 280 | 25.1 | 12.613 h |
| March | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 256 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 123 | 19.8 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 66 | 15.9 | 11.411 h |
| June | 25.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 55 | 15.4 | 11.311 h |
| July | 24.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 66 | 16.4 | 11.311 h |
| August | 24.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 53 | 16.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 25.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 43 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 56 | 12.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 70 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 173 | 22.7 | 13.013 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Sambava in AprilMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Antsiranana in AprilMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in AprilMayotte · 594 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AprilMadagascar · 615 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Antalaha) is explained once on the Antalaha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.