Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sambava: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 304 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Sambava is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 304 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Antalaha in MarchMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Antsiranana in MarchMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in MarchMayotte · 559 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 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.