Morondava weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇬 Madagascar · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Morondava is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with July and August close behind. Morondava averages about 3,500 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in June.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,500
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 941 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 57k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Morondava?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Morondava is June, then July and August. The dullest month is December (66/100, 143 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Morondava?
Morondava is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,500 hours of sunshine a year. June (99/100) is noticeably better than December (66). It ranks #2 of 16 destinations in Madagascar for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,157 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 69% of the year's 941 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 307 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
| February | 73 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 196 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
| March | 77 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 125 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 44 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 13 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| June | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 8 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 5 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 4 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 97 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 14 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 76 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 26 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 72 | 34° / 93°F | 24° / 75°F | 56 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 66 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 143 mm | 12 | 32° / 90°F |
Sea temperature in Morondava by month
The sea off Morondava is warmest in January at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in July at 24°C / 75°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.
See Morondava on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 370 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 838 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 979 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 1,168 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Maputo Mozambique · 1,354 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Plaine Magnien Mauritius · 1,393 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tambohorano Madagascar · 314 km · 3,434 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Toliara Madagascar · 350 km · 3,677 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Besalampy Madagascar · 394 km · 3,187 h sun/yr · best in May
- Mananjary Madagascar · 432 km · 2,716 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Soalala Madagascar · 478 km · 3,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Put the Morondava sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Morondava's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: