Climate averages 1991–2020
Antananarivo weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Antananarivo: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imerintsiatosika (24 km away). In February its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Antananarivo, with 273 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antananarivo ranks 8th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Antananarivo is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 143 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 24 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in FebruaryMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 284 mm rain
- Antsirabe in FebruaryMadagascar · 118 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 325 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 214 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in FebruaryMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Antalaha in FebruaryMadagascar · 533 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 280 mm rain
- Sambava in FebruaryMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 266 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.