Climate averages 1991–2020
Fianarantsoa weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Fianarantsoa: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (177 km away). In February its highs average 23.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Fianarantsoa, with 325 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Fianarantsoa ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Fianarantsoa is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 146 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in FebruaryMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 325 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in FebruaryMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 284 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Antananarivo in FebruaryMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in FebruaryMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Toliara in FebruaryMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 643 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 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.