Climate averages 1991–2020
Antalaha weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Antalaha: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (71 km away). In May its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Antalaha, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antalaha ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 24.9°C; Antalaha is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sambava in MayMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Antsiranana in MayMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Toamasina in MayMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MayMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MayMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MayMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in MayMayotte · 594 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MayMadagascar · 615 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 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.