Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahajanga weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mahajanga: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mamoudzou (347 km away). In October its highs average 26.9°C, 6.7°C cooler than Mahajanga, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Mahajanga ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Mahajanga is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mamoudzou in OctoberMayotte · 347 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Antananarivo in OctoberMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in OctoberMadagascar · 378 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Toamasina in OctoberMadagascar · 425 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Antalaha in OctoberMadagascar · 435 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Sambava in OctoberMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in OctoberMadagascar · 450 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Antsirabe in OctoberMadagascar · 468 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 83 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.