Mahajanga weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇬 Madagascar · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Mahajanga is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with August and September close behind. Mahajanga averages about 3,261 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 15 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,261
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 1,458 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 261k
- Elevation
- 15 m
When is the best time to visit Mahajanga?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mahajanga is June, then August and September. The dullest month is January (71/100, 470 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mahajanga?
Mahajanga is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,261 hours of sunshine a year. June (96/100) is noticeably better than January (71). It ranks #5 of 16 destinations in Madagascar for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,157 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 1,458 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 470 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| February | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 281 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
| March | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 204 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
| April | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 70 mm | 11 | 32° / 90°F |
| May | 95 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 18 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 96 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 15 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 95 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 18 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 11 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 11 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 94 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 27 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 79 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 108 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 225 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
Sea temperature in Mahajanga by month
The sea off Mahajanga is warmest in February at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in July at 26°C / 79°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 · 338 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 368 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 567 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 1,128 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,250 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
- Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,306 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Soalala Madagascar · 117 km · 3,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tsaratanana Madagascar · 181 km · 3,338 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Besalampy Madagascar · 233 km · 3,187 h sun/yr · best in May
- Tambohorano Madagascar · 324 km · 3,434 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nosy Be Madagascar · 337 km · 3,127 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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