Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sambava: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.6°C; Sambava is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 268 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Antalaha in DecemberMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Antsiranana in DecemberMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Toamasina in DecemberMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Mahajanga in DecemberMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in DecemberMayotte · 559 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Antananarivo in DecemberMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in DecemberMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in DecemberMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 308 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.