Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In February its highs average 23.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 325 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Antanifotsy is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 284 mm to 188 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in FebruaryMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 325 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Antananarivo in FebruaryMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in FebruaryMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Toliara in FebruaryMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in FebruaryMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 185 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.