Antananarivo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇬 Madagascar · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Antananarivo is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with May and August close behind. Antananarivo averages about 2,966 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 47 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,966
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 2,383 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 1.7M
- Elevation
- 1,265 m
When is the best time to visit Antananarivo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Antananarivo is September, then May and August. The dullest month is July (67/100, 85 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Antananarivo?
Antananarivo gets a lot of sun: around 2,966 hours a year. September (88/100) is noticeably better than July (67). It ranks #10 of 16 destinations in Madagascar for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,157 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 52% of the annual 2,383 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 475 mm | 12 |
| February | 69 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 379 mm | 12 |
| March | 69 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 304 mm | 11 |
| April | 69 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 159 mm | 10 |
| May | 81 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 86 mm | 8 |
| June | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 84 mm | 7 |
| July | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 85 mm | 7 |
| August | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 58 mm | 8 |
| September | 88 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 47 mm | 10 |
| October | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 96 mm | 11 |
| November | 69 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 222 mm | 12 |
| December | 69 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 388 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 706 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 872 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 925 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Plaine Magnien Mauritius · 1,084 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,600 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
- Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,660 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Toamasina Madagascar · 216 km · 2,588 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Tsaratanana Madagascar · 228 km · 3,338 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mananjary Madagascar · 283 km · 2,716 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Île Sainte-Marie Madagascar · 311 km · 2,398 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mahajanga Madagascar · 368 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Antananarivo compares month by month: Antananarivo vs Moroni · Antananarivo vs Saint-Denis (Réunion) · Antananarivo vs Dzaoudzi · Antananarivo vs Plaine Magnien · all comparisons
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