Antisiranana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇬 Madagascar · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Antisiranana is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with September and July close behind. Antisiranana averages about 2,851 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 18 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,851
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 1,103 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 137k
- Elevation
- 104 m
When is the best time to visit Antisiranana?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Antisiranana is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (68/100, 267 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Antisiranana?
Antisiranana gets a lot of sun: around 2,851 hours a year. August (93/100) is noticeably better than January (68). It ranks #11 of 16 destinations in Madagascar for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,157 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 1,103 mm falls in the three months around February.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 267 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 212 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| March | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 201 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 80 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 87 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 38 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 25 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 20 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 18 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 16 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 22 mm | 12 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 87 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 49 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| December | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 148 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Antisiranana by month
The sea off Antisiranana is warmest in February at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 27°C / 81°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 438 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 661 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 743 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Victoria (Seychelles) Seychelles · 1,094 km · best in Jul · 2,943 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 1,158 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,262 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nosy Be Madagascar · 151 km · 3,127 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sambava Madagascar · 235 km · 2,701 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Maroantsetra Madagascar · 346 km · 2,206 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mahajanga Madagascar · 486 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Tsaratanana Madagascar · 521 km · 3,338 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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