Climate averages 1991–2020
Sambava weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Sambava: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antalaha (71 km away). In September its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Sambava, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Sambava ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest September highs and 12th of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 25.2°C; Sambava is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Antalaha in SeptemberMadagascar · 71 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Antsiranana in SeptemberMadagascar · 237 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Toamasina in SeptemberMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Mahajanga in SeptemberMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Mamoudzou in SeptemberMayotte · 559 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Antananarivo in SeptemberMadagascar · 588 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in SeptemberMadagascar · 606 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in SeptemberMadagascar · 671 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 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.