Ambatofinandrahana climate — normals and trends
Ambatofinandrahana (Madagascar) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ambatofinandrahana averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Ambatofinandrahana has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 27 October 2011) and the coldest 0.1 °C (on 1 July 1996).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AmbatofinandrahanaAmoron'i Mania
- coords
- -20.55°, 46.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
23.6°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,196mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
6.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.2 °C
Average feels-like low
12.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
32.3 °C
27 October 2011
Coldest day
0.1 °C
1 July 1996
Wettest day
106 mm
5 January 1982
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
14 February 2012
Strongest gust
138.6 km/h
14 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
35.7 °C
23 December 2024
Coldest feels-like
-3.2 °C
1 July 1996
Sunniest day
13.2 h
31 December 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 216 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 25.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 500 mm | +276 mm |
| Mar | 26.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 54 mm | -108 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 63 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 26.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 18 mm | -44 mm |
| Nov | 26.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 158 mm | +14 mm |
| Dec | 24.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 308 mm | +61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ambatofinandrahana?
Ambatofinandrahana has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ambatofinandrahana?
The hottest day measured in Ambatofinandrahana between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2011, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ambatofinandrahana?
The coldest day measured in Ambatofinandrahana between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1996, at 0.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ambatofinandrahana?
Almost never: Ambatofinandrahana sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ambatofinandrahana warmed?
Yes: Ambatofinandrahana warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ambatofinandrahana?
The wettest day measured in Ambatofinandrahana between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1982, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ambatofinandrahana?
The windiest day measured in Ambatofinandrahana between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2012, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ambatofinandrahana?
The warmest month in Ambatofinandrahana is January (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ambatofinandrahana?
Ambatofinandrahana receives on average 1,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ambatofinandrahana?
Ambatofinandrahana gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ambatofinandrahana?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ambatofinandrahana.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ambatofinandrahana?
In Ambatofinandrahana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 23 December 2024, and the lowest was -3.2 °C on 1 July 1996.
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