Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Sambava: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In November its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 8th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 27.5°C; Sambava is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Antalaha in NovemberMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Antsiranana in NovemberMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Toamasina in NovemberMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Mahajanga in NovemberMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in NovemberMayotte · 559 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Antananarivo in NovemberMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in NovemberMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in NovemberMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 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.