Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 7.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In July its highs average 18.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 22.4°C; Antanifotsy is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.8 mm to 7.6 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in JulyMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JulyMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JulyMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in JulyMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Toamasina in JulyMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JulyMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Toliara in JulyMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in JulyMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 52 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.