Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsirabe 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 Antsirabe: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 379 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antanifotsy (38 km away). In January its highs average 23.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Antsirabe, with 344 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsirabe ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 27.1°C; Antsirabe is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 379 mm to 325 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
Antsirabe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Antanifotsy in JanuaryMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 344 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JanuaryMadagascar · 103 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JanuaryMadagascar · 118 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in JanuaryMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 287 mm rain
- Toamasina in JanuaryMadagascar · 314 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JanuaryMadagascar · 468 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 431 mm rain
- Toliara in JanuaryMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in JanuaryMadagascar · 575 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 Antsirabe) is explained once on the Antsirabe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.