Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahajanga weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Mahajanga: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mamoudzou (347 km away). In November its highs average 27.5°C, 5.4°C cooler than Mahajanga, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Mahajanga ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 27.5°C; Mahajanga is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 205 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Mamoudzou in NovemberMayotte · 347 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Antananarivo in NovemberMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in NovemberMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Toamasina in NovemberMadagascar · 425 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Antalaha in NovemberMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Sambava in NovemberMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in NovemberMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Antsirabe in NovemberMadagascar · 468 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 199 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.