Climate averages 1991–2020
Antsiranana weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Antsiranana: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sambava (237 km away). In November its highs average 28.3°C, 2.2°C cooler than Antsiranana, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Antsiranana ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 27.5°C; Antsiranana is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Sambava in NovemberMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Antalaha in NovemberMadagascar · 306 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in NovemberMayotte · 444 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Mahajanga in NovemberMadagascar · 496 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Toamasina in NovemberMadagascar · 649 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Moroni in NovemberComoros · 660 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Antananarivo in NovemberMadagascar · 757 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in NovemberMadagascar · 771 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 111 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.