Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sambava: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 23.4°C; Sambava is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Antalaha in AugustMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Antsiranana in AugustMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Toamasina in AugustMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AugustMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in AugustMayotte · 559 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AugustMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AugustMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AugustMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.6 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.