Climate averages 1991–2020
Fianarantsoa weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Fianarantsoa: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (177 km away). In July its highs average 18.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Fianarantsoa, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Fianarantsoa ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 22.4°C; Fianarantsoa is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 8.5 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in JulyMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in JulyMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JulyMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JulyMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in JulyMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Toliara in JulyMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Toamasina in JulyMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JulyMadagascar · 643 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 1.2 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.