Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsiranana weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Antsiranana: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (237 km away). In February its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Antsiranana, with 266 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsiranana ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Antsiranana is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 151 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sambava in FebruaryMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 266 mm rain
- Antalaha in FebruaryMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 280 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in FebruaryMayotte · 444 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 496 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 649 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Moroni in FebruaryComoros · 660 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 213 mm rain
- Antananarivo in FebruaryMadagascar · 757 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 771 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 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.