Climate averages 1991–2020
Antanifotsy weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Antanifotsy: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (38 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Antanifotsy, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antanifotsy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Antanifotsy is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in OctoberMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in OctoberMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Antananarivo in OctoberMadagascar · 85 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in OctoberMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Toamasina in OctoberMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Mahajanga in OctoberMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Toliara in OctoberMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in OctoberMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 68 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.