Ambositra climate — normals and trends
Ambositra (Madagascar) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,235 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ambositra averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.
Ambositra has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.5 °C (on 26 October 2011) and the coldest 0.2 °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
AmbositraAmoron'i Mania
- coords
- -20.53°, 47.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
12.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,235mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
6.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
157 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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
31.5 °C
26 October 2011
Coldest day
0.2 °C
1 July 1996
Wettest day
148 mm
17 February 1986
Windiest day
51.7 km/h
14 February 2012
Strongest gust
128.5 km/h
14 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
21 February 2016
Coldest feels-like
-2.2 °C
1 July 1996
Sunniest day
13.2 h
3 January 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 163 mm | -93 mm |
| Feb | 24.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 544 mm | +317 mm |
| Mar | 24.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 103 mm | -71 mm |
| Apr | 24.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 61 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 40 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 19.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 29 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 37 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 24.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 171 mm | +42 mm |
| Dec | 23.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 392 mm | +167 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ambositra?
Ambositra has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ambositra?
The hottest day measured in Ambositra between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 31.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ambositra?
The coldest day measured in Ambositra between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1996, at 0.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ambositra?
Almost never: Ambositra sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ambositra warmed?
Yes: Ambositra warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ambositra?
The wettest day measured in Ambositra between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1986, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ambositra?
The windiest day measured in Ambositra between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2012, with winds reaching 51.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ambositra?
The warmest month in Ambositra is January (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ambositra?
Ambositra receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ambositra?
Ambositra gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ambositra?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ambositra.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ambositra?
In Ambositra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 21 February 2016, and the lowest was -2.2 °C on 1 July 1996.
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