Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Sambava: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In October its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Sambava is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Antalaha in OctoberMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Antsiranana in OctoberMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Toamasina in OctoberMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Mahajanga in OctoberMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in OctoberMayotte · 559 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Antananarivo in OctoberMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in OctoberMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in OctoberMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 76 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.