Climate averages 1991–2020
Fianarantsoa weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Fianarantsoa: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (177 km away). In January its highs average 23.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Fianarantsoa, with 379 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Fianarantsoa ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 27.1°C; Fianarantsoa is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 mm to 215 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in JanuaryMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 379 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in JanuaryMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 344 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JanuaryMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JanuaryMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in JanuaryMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Toliara in JanuaryMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Toamasina in JanuaryMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JanuaryMadagascar · 643 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 431 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.