Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 308 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In December its highs average 24.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 333 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.6°C; Antanifotsy is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 308 mm to 344 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in DecemberMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 333 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in DecemberMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Antananarivo in DecemberMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in DecemberMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 209 mm rain
- Toamasina in DecemberMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Mahajanga in DecemberMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Toliara in DecemberMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in DecemberMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 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.