Climate averages 1991–2020
Antalaha weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Antalaha: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 280 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (71 km away). In February its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Antalaha, with 266 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antalaha ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Antalaha is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 280 mm to 256 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sambava in FebruaryMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 266 mm rain
- Antsiranana in FebruaryMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Antananarivo in FebruaryMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in FebruaryMayotte · 594 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in FebruaryMadagascar · 615 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 284 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.