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Maevatanana, Madagascar climate

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Maevatanana has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry winter), Köppen Aw). The hottest month is November with an average daily high near 34°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 18°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1501 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 527 mm while July barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 34°C most of the year.

About 232 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 18°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1501 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Fairly sunny

More sun than cloud through the year.

+0.4 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Maevatanana climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	32	33	34	33	32	32	32	33	34	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	29	29	27	26	25	26	27	28	29	29
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	23	21	19	18	19	20	22	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	527	349	209	70	7	30	0	0	2	4	92	212

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	32	32	33	34	33	32
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	29	29	27	26
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	23	21	19
Precipitation (mm)	527	349	209	70	7	30

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	32	33	34	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	25	26	27	28	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	19	20	22	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	0	0	2	4	92	212

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	16	14	10	3	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	2	5	11
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	14	14	22	26	23	14	10	18	23	24	23	19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	16	14	10	3	0.7	0.5
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	14	14	22	26	23	14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.3	0.2	0.4	2	5	11
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	10	18	23	24	23	19

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	77	74	60	36	26	26	28	24	21	27	45	65
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	2	2	6	15	22	20	20	22	23	21	10	4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	9	12	10	7	9	10	8	6	8	14	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	18	13	4	2	1	1	0.9	0.7	2	6	15
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	80	77	74	71	69	67	65	67	72	77
Wind speed (km/h)	13.0	12.4	11.6	12.3	13.8	16.1	16.9	16.2	15.4	14.5	13.1	11.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	77	74	60	36	26	26
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	2	2	6	15	22	20
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	9	12	10	7	9
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	18	13	4	2	1
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	80	77	74	71
Wind speed (km/h)	13.0	12.4	11.6	12.3	13.8	16.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	28	24	21	27	45	65
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	20	22	23	21	10	4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	6	8	14	12
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	1	0.9	0.7	2	6	15
Relative humidity (%)	69	67	65	67	72	77
Wind speed (km/h)	16.9	16.2	15.4	14.5	13.1	11.9

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Philibert Tsiranana, a weather station, about 152 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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