Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 344 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In January its highs average 23.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 379 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 27.1°C; Antanifotsy is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 344 mm to 284 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in JanuaryMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 379 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JanuaryMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JanuaryMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in JanuaryMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 287 mm rain
- Toamasina in JanuaryMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JanuaryMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 431 mm rain
- Toliara in JanuaryMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in JanuaryMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 173 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.