Climate averages 1991–2020
Fianarantsoa weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Fianarantsoa: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (177 km away). In April its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Fianarantsoa, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Fianarantsoa ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Fianarantsoa is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 24 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
Fianarantsoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 287 | 22.8 | 13.313 h |
| February | 24.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 215 | 19.2 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 146 | 16.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 49 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 24 | 5.4 | 11.111 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 12 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| July | 17.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| August | 19.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 9.2 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 43 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 95 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| December | 25.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 209 | 19.7 | 13.413 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
- Antsirabe in AprilMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AprilMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in AprilMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Toliara in AprilMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 643 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 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 Fianarantsoa) is explained once on the Fianarantsoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.