Climate averages 1991–2020
Fianarantsoa weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Fianarantsoa: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (177 km away). In March its highs average 23.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Fianarantsoa, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Fianarantsoa ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Fianarantsoa is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in MarchMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in MarchMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Toliara in MarchMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 643 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 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.