Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Sambava: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In July its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest July highs and 11th of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 22.4°C; Sambava is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Antalaha in JulyMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Antsiranana in JulyMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Toamasina in JulyMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JulyMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in JulyMayotte · 559 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JulyMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JulyMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in JulyMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 7.8 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.