Climate averages 1991–2020
Imerintsiatosika 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 Imerintsiatosika: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antananarivo (24 km away). In March its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Imerintsiatosika, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Imerintsiatosika ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Imerintsiatosika is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 38 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
Imerintsiatosika climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 305 | 21.9 | 13.113 h |
| February | 24.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 273 | 19.4 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 24.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 147 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.9 | 11.211 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 19.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| August | 20.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.511 h |
| September | 23.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 111 | 12.1 | 13.013 h |
| December | 25.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 212 | 18.0 | 13.213 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
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 24 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 74 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Antsirabe in MarchMadagascar · 103 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 239 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in MarchMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Antalaha in MarchMadagascar · 553 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Sambava in MarchMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 304 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 Imerintsiatosika) is explained once on the Imerintsiatosika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.