Climate averages 1991–2020
Antalaha weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Antalaha: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 294 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (71 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Antalaha, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antalaha ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 27.1°C; Antalaha is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 294 mm to 280 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sambava in JanuaryMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 268 mm rain
- Antsiranana in JanuaryMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Toamasina in JanuaryMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JanuaryMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 431 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JanuaryMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JanuaryMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in JanuaryMayotte · 594 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in JanuaryMadagascar · 615 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 344 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.