Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 24.9°C; Antanifotsy is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 8.2 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in MayMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MayMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MayMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in MayMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Toamasina in MayMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MayMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Toliara in MayMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in MayMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 74 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.