Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsiranana weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Antsiranana: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (237 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Antsiranana, with 304 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsiranana ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Antsiranana is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 45 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Sambava in MarchMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 304 mm rain
- Antalaha in MarchMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in MarchMayotte · 444 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 496 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 649 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Moroni in MarchComoros · 660 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 199 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 757 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 771 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 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.