Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Sambava: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In February its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Sambava is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 266 mm to 304 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Antalaha in FebruaryMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 280 mm rain
- Antsiranana in FebruaryMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in FebruaryMayotte · 559 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Antananarivo in FebruaryMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in FebruaryMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 284 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.