Climate averages 1991–2020
Fianarantsoa weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Fianarantsoa: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antsirabe (177 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Fianarantsoa, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Fianarantsoa ranks joint 10th of 12 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 24.9°C; Fianarantsoa is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Antsirabe in MayMadagascar · 177 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MayMadagascar · 202 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MayMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MayMadagascar · 286 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Tôlanaro in MayMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Toliara in MayMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Toamasina in MayMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MayMadagascar · 643 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.4 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.