Antanifotsy climate — normals and trends
Antanifotsy (Madagascar) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,561 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Antanifotsy averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Antanifotsy 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 30.5 °C (on 20 December 2024) and the coldest -1.0 °C (on 11 July 1987).
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
AntanifotsyVakinankaratra
- coords
- -19.65°, 47.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
10.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,561mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
6.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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
30.5 °C
20 December 2024
Coldest day
-1.0 °C
11 July 1987
Wettest day
155 mm
18 January 2009
Windiest day
69.6 km/h
14 February 2012
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
14 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
21 February 2016
Coldest feels-like
-4.5 °C
9 July 1987
Sunniest day
13.2 h
27 December 2010
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 | 25.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 175 mm | -129 mm |
| Feb | 23.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 464 mm | +199 mm |
| Mar | 23.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 143 mm | -69 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 61 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 45 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 5 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 24 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 8 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 23.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 40 mm | -52 mm |
| Nov | 24.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 447 mm | +240 mm |
| Dec | 22.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 462 mm | +145 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Antanifotsy?
Antanifotsy has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 1,561 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Antanifotsy?
The hottest day measured in Antanifotsy between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2024, reaching 30.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Antanifotsy?
The coldest day measured in Antanifotsy between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1987, at -1.0 °C.
Does it snow in Antanifotsy?
Almost never: Antanifotsy sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Antanifotsy warmed?
Yes: Antanifotsy warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Antanifotsy?
The wettest day measured in Antanifotsy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2009, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Antanifotsy?
The windiest day measured in Antanifotsy between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2012, with winds reaching 69.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Antanifotsy?
The warmest month in Antanifotsy is January (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Antanifotsy?
Antanifotsy receives on average 1,561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Antanifotsy?
Antanifotsy gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Antanifotsy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Antanifotsy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Antanifotsy?
In Antanifotsy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 21 February 2016, and the lowest was -4.5 °C on 9 July 1987.
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