Tsaratanana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇬 Madagascar · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Tsaratanana is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with June and September close behind. Tsaratanana averages about 3,338 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 12 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,338
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 1,920 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 26k
- Elevation
- 327 m
When is the best time to visit Tsaratanana?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tsaratanana is August, then June and September. The dullest month is November (66/100, 138 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tsaratanana?
Tsaratanana is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,338 hours of sunshine a year. August (97/100) is noticeably better than November (66). It ranks #4 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 1,920 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 557 mm | 12 |
| February | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 410 mm | 12 |
| March | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 279 mm | 12 |
| April | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 69 mm | 11 |
| May | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| June | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 15 mm | 7 |
| July | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 21 mm | 8 |
| August | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 12 mm | 9 |
| September | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 17 mm | 11 |
| October | 81 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 48 mm | 12 |
| November | 66 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 138 mm | 12 |
| December | 71 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 324 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 228 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 505 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 746 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 950 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Plaine Magnien Mauritius · 1,137 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,429 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mahajanga Madagascar · 181 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Île Sainte-Marie Madagascar · 237 km · 2,398 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Toamasina Madagascar · 242 km · 2,588 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Soalala Madagascar · 252 km · 3,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Maroantsetra Madagascar · 265 km · 2,206 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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