Climate averages 1991–2020
Antalaha weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Antalaha: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (71 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Antalaha, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antalaha ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 23.4°C; Antalaha is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sambava in AugustMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Antsiranana in AugustMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Toamasina in AugustMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AugustMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AugustMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AugustMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in AugustMayotte · 594 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AugustMadagascar · 615 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.6 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.