Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in August.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In August its highs average 20.5°C, 2.0°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 5.8 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 23.4°C; Antanifotsy is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.6 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in AugustMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AugustMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AugustMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AugustMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Toamasina in AugustMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AugustMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Toliara in AugustMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in AugustMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 46 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.