Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsirabe weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Antsirabe: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antanifotsy (38 km away). In March its highs average 22.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Antsirabe, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsirabe ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Antsirabe is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 213 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 38 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 103 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 118 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in MarchMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 314 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 468 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Toliara in MarchMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in MarchMadagascar · 575 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 140 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.