Climate averages 1991–2020
Toamasina weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Toamasina: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antananarivo (214 km away). In April its highs average 23.5°C, 2.9°C cooler than Toamasina, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toamasina ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Toamasina is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 201 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Toamasina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 305 | 24.9 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 324 | 23.2 | 12.713 h |
| March | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 346 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 200 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 201 | 23.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 174 | 24.2 | 11.111 h |
| July | 22.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 180 | 24.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 22.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 112 | 20.8 | 11.512 h |
| September | 23.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 76 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 24.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 77 | 17.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 26.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 79 | 16.1 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 186 | 22.0 | 13.213 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
April in nearby cities
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 214 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 239 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AprilMadagascar · 276 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Antsirabe in AprilMadagascar · 314 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Antalaha in AprilMadagascar · 373 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 425 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Sambava in AprilMadagascar · 439 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AprilMadagascar · 440 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 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 Toamasina) is explained once on the Toamasina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.