Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsirabe weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Antsirabe: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 333 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antanifotsy (38 km away). In December its highs average 23.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Antsirabe, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsirabe ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.6°C; Antsirabe is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 333 mm to 379 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Antsirabe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 379 | 24.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 23.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 325 | 21.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 213 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 73 | 10.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| June | 19.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.011 h |
| July | 18.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| August | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 5.8 | 1.5 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 10 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 83 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| November | 24.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 199 | 16.5 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 333 | 22.0 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Antanifotsy in DecemberMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in DecemberMadagascar · 103 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Antananarivo in DecemberMadagascar · 118 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in DecemberMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 209 mm rain
- Toamasina in DecemberMadagascar · 314 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Mahajanga in DecemberMadagascar · 468 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Toliara in DecemberMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in DecemberMadagascar · 575 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 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 Antsirabe) is explained once on the Antsirabe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.