Climate averages 1991–2020
Antalaha weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Antalaha: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (71 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Antalaha, with 304 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antalaha ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Antalaha is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Sambava in MarchMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 304 mm rain
- Antsiranana in MarchMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in MarchMayotte · 594 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 615 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 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.