Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sambava: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In April its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Sambava is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sambava climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 268 | 26.8 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 266 | 24.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 304 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 199 | 22.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 120 | 20.7 | 11.511 h |
| June | 25.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 127 | 21.2 | 11.311 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 137 | 22.6 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 109 | 22.3 | 11.612 h |
| September | 25.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 88 | 20.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 89 | 20.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 85 | 18.5 | 12.813 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 23.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Antalaha in AprilMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Antsiranana in AprilMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in AprilMayotte · 559 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AprilMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 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 Sambava) is explained once on the Sambava year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.