Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsiranana weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Antsiranana: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (237 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, 1.8°C cooler than Antsiranana, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsiranana ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Antsiranana is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Antsiranana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 244 | 24.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 222 | 23.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 151 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 29.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 12 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 5.5 | 1.3 | 11.511 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 13 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 31 | 4.2 | 12.713 h |
| December | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.813 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
April in nearby cities
- Sambava in AprilMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Antalaha in AprilMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in AprilMayotte · 444 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 496 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 649 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Moroni in AprilComoros · 660 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 757 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 771 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 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 Antsiranana) is explained once on the Antsiranana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.