Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sambava: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°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 May highs and 11th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 24.9°C; Sambava is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Antalaha in MayMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Antsiranana in MayMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Toamasina in MayMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MayMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in MayMayotte · 559 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MayMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MayMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MayMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 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.