Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahajanga weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mahajanga: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mamoudzou (347 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 2.5°C cooler than Mahajanga, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Mahajanga ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Mahajanga is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 43 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
Mahajanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 431 | 28.4 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 315 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 30.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 43 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| July | 30.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| August | 31.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 32.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| November | 32.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 80 | 15.0 | 12.813 h |
| December | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 205 | 23.9 | 13.013 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
- Mamoudzou in MarchMayotte · 347 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 425 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Antalaha in MarchMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Sambava in MarchMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 304 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Antsirabe in MarchMadagascar · 468 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 213 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 Mahajanga) is explained once on the Mahajanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.