Climate averages 1991–2020
Antananarivo weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Antananarivo: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imerintsiatosika (24 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Antananarivo, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antananarivo ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Antananarivo is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Antananarivo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 287 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 252 | 20.1 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 143 | 15.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 32 | 7.0 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 19.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.2 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 18.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| August | 20.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| September | 22.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.8 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 79 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| December | 25.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 181 | 17.5 | 13.213 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
April in nearby cities
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 24 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AprilMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Antsirabe in AprilMadagascar · 118 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 214 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AprilMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Antalaha in AprilMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Sambava in AprilMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 199 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 Antananarivo) is explained once on the Antananarivo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.