Ankazobe climate — normals and trends
Ankazobe (Madagascar) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,531 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ankazobe averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Ankazobe 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 33.6 °C (on 6 October 2006) and the coldest 3.6 °C (on 5 June 1972).
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
AnkazobeAnalamanga
- coords
- -18.32°, 47.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
24.3°C
Average daily low
13.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,531mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
5.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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
33.6 °C
6 October 2006
Coldest day
3.6 °C
5 June 1972
Wettest day
148 mm
3 February 1994
Windiest day
43.5 km/h
17 March 1941
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
8 March 2004
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
20 December 2024
Coldest feels-like
1.2 °C
5 June 1972
Sunniest day
13.0 h
30 December 1977
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 | 27.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 234 mm | -128 mm |
| Feb | 26.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 477 mm | +163 mm |
| Mar | 26.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 122 mm | -107 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 39 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 10 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 3 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 27.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 9 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 26.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 295 mm | +126 mm |
| Dec | 25.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 481 mm | +171 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ankazobe?
Ankazobe has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,531 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ankazobe?
The hottest day measured in Ankazobe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 2006, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ankazobe?
The coldest day measured in Ankazobe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1972, at 3.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ankazobe?
Almost never: Ankazobe sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ankazobe warmed?
Yes: Ankazobe warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ankazobe?
The wettest day measured in Ankazobe between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1994, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ankazobe?
The windiest day measured in Ankazobe between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1941, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ankazobe?
The warmest month in Ankazobe is January (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ankazobe?
Ankazobe receives on average 1,531 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ankazobe?
Ankazobe gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ankazobe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ankazobe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ankazobe?
In Ankazobe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 20 December 2024, and the lowest was 1.2 °C on 5 June 1972.
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