Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In April its highs average 22.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Antanifotsy is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 24 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
Antanifotsy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 344 | 22.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 22.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 284 | 20.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 22.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 188 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 67 | 10.0 | 11.712 h |
| May | 19.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 17.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 8.2 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| July | 16.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 7.8 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| August | 18.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 7.6 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 21.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 12 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 76 | 8.8 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 176 | 14.5 | 13.013 h |
| December | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 308 | 19.7 | 13.313 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
- Antsirabe in AprilMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AprilMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Toliara in AprilMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in AprilMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 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 Antanifotsy) is explained once on the Antanifotsy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.