Farafangana climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Farafangana?

Farafangana has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,692 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Farafangana?

The hottest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2021, reaching 36.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Farafangana?

The coldest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1976, at 12.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Farafangana?

Almost never: Farafangana sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Farafangana warmed?

Yes: Farafangana warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Farafangana?

The wettest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2024, with 301 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Farafangana?

The windiest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2022, with winds reaching 68.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Farafangana?

The warmest month in Farafangana is January (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Farafangana?

Farafangana receives on average 1,692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 230 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Farafangana?

Farafangana gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Farafangana (Madagascar) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,692 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Farafangana averages 0 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 230 rainy days per year.

Farafangana has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 23 December 2021) and the coldest 12.1 °C (on 18 July 1976).

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

FarafanganaAtsimo-Atsinanana

coords: -22.82°, 47.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

23.4°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

20.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,692mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

15.8km/h

Seasonal range

6.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

39 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

230 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.6 °C

Average feels-like low

23.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

223 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

36.7 °C

23 December 2021

Coldest day

12.1 °C

18 July 1976

Wettest day

301 mm

2 January 2024

Windiest day

68.0 km/h

23 February 2022

Strongest gust

134.3 km/h

10 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

23 December 2021

Coldest feels-like

10.0 °C

27 June 2006

Sunniest day

13.4 h

27 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C28 February 2025	15.4 °C2 August 2025	24.3 °C	1,666 mm	79
2024	33.8 °C11 April 2024	15.1 °C2 July 2024	24.2 °C	2,004 mm	74
2023	35.1 °C29 January 2023	13.9 °C27 June 2023	24.3 °C	1,864 mm	78
2022	33.0 °C20 November 2022	15.4 °C26 June 2022	23.7 °C	1,674 mm	40
2021	36.7 °C23 December 2021	15.4 °C7 August 2021	24.1 °C	1,025 mm	99
2020	34.1 °C19 January 2020	14.2 °C27 July 2020	23.6 °C	1,473 mm	49
2019	33.5 °C7 February 2019	14.2 °C22 July 2019	24.5 °C	1,484 mm	101
2018	35.7 °C20 January 2018	15.0 °C19 July 2018	23.9 °C	1,604 mm	52
2017	35.1 °C27 January 2017	15.5 °C10 July 2017	24.1 °C	1,730 mm	84
2016	35.3 °C11 February 2016	14.9 °C8 July 2016	23.9 °C	1,497 mm	80
2015	32.6 °C11 December 2015	14.2 °C8 July 2015	24.0 °C	1,901 mm	59
2014	33.9 °C31 December 2014	14.5 °C10 July 2014	24.1 °C	1,403 mm	82
2013	35.6 °C4 January 2013	13.3 °C6 June 2013	23.7 °C	1,557 mm	68
2012	35.5 °C19 February 2012	16.0 °C8 July 2012	24.0 °C	2,034 mm	64
2011	34.9 °C30 December 2011	16.0 °C8 July 2011	24.1 °C	1,862 mm	78
2010	34.9 °C29 January 2010	14.3 °C15 August 2010	24.1 °C	1,737 mm	85
2009	33.0 °C1 January 2009	15.3 °C30 June 2009	23.8 °C	1,724 mm	73
2008	34.2 °C6 January 2008	14.6 °C25 August 2008	23.5 °C	1,406 mm	56
2007	35.1 °C9 January 2007	14.3 °C16 June 2007	24.0 °C	2,134 mm	80
2006	33.7 °C5 February 2006	13.5 °C27 June 2006	23.9 °C	1,225 mm	63
2005	32.7 °C9 December 2005	14.4 °C27 July 2005	23.7 °C	1,596 mm	58
2004	34.6 °C4 February 2004	15.1 °C1 June 2004	23.8 °C	1,634 mm	43
2003	32.8 °C21 December 2003	14.4 °C4 August 2003	23.8 °C	1,542 mm	60
2002	32.9 °C24 January 2002	15.9 °C22 June 2002	23.5 °C	1,760 mm	24
2001	33.2 °C21 December 2001	14.9 °C9 July 2001	23.7 °C	1,616 mm	52
2000	34.0 °C31 January 2000	14.5 °C22 July 2000	23.4 °C	1,793 mm	23
1999	31.5 °C13 February 1999	15.0 °C18 August 1999	23.4 °C	1,453 mm	26
1998	32.6 °C3 February 1998	15.5 °C4 July 1998	23.8 °C	1,479 mm	41
1997	32.4 °C23 November 1997	15.5 °C26 July 1997	23.4 °C	1,576 mm	20
1996	33.0 °C1 December 1996	13.4 °C30 June 1996	23.5 °C	1,823 mm	36
1995	33.1 °C7 December 1995	15.3 °C10 July 1995	23.4 °C	2,046 mm	27
1994	32.1 °C6 February 1994	14.0 °C28 May 1994	23.3 °C	2,003 mm	14
1993	34.6 °C15 February 1993	14.4 °C14 August 1993	23.3 °C	1,494 mm	26
1992	33.8 °C29 December 1992	14.2 °C27 July 1992	23.2 °C	1,234 mm	27
1991	33.3 °C5 December 1991	13.6 °C16 June 1991	23.5 °C	1,375 mm	52
1990	32.3 °C20 November 1990	14.3 °C6 July 1990	23.5 °C	1,678 mm	28
1989	33.4 °C31 January 1989	15.4 °C3 July 1989	23.4 °C	2,109 mm	19
1988	32.1 °C20 January 1988	14.8 °C20 August 1988	23.5 °C	1,273 mm	26
1987	35.3 °C17 February 1987	14.6 °C21 June 1987	23.7 °C	1,099 mm	34
1986	30.9 °C30 January 1986	13.4 °C6 July 1986	23.0 °C	1,765 mm	12
1985	31.9 °C16 January 1985	15.2 °C4 June 1985	23.0 °C	1,765 mm	20
1984	32.9 °C20 February 1984	14.9 °C20 August 1984	23.1 °C	2,201 mm	21
1983	32.8 °C23 January 1983	14.8 °C5 September 1983	23.5 °C	1,193 mm	34
1982	33.1 °C8 February 1982	13.6 °C26 August 1982	23.2 °C	2,106 mm	21
1981	31.7 °C30 January 1981	13.8 °C6 July 1981	23.4 °C	1,495 mm	56
1980	32.3 °C15 March 1980	13.9 °C19 June 1980	23.3 °C	1,743 mm	16
1979	31.7 °C4 January 1979	14.2 °C27 July 1979	23.4 °C	1,473 mm	23
1978	33.9 °C30 January 1978	14.6 °C1 August 1978	23.7 °C	1,505 mm	55
1977	33.3 °C2 March 1977	15.2 °C5 September 1977	23.7 °C	1,674 mm	27
1976	31.5 °C21 February 1976	12.1 °C18 July 1976	23.4 °C	1,739 mm	13
1975	32.6 °C21 March 1975	14.6 °C28 July 1975	22.9 °C	2,213 mm	11
1974	32.1 °C2 January 1974	14.1 °C26 July 1974	23.1 °C	1,765 mm	15
1973	32.3 °C10 January 1973	14.8 °C14 July 1973	23.3 °C	1,943 mm	14
1972	31.8 °C14 December 1972	13.8 °C6 June 1972	23.3 °C	2,213 mm	29
1971	33.1 °C11 February 1971	14.4 °C27 September 1971	23.1 °C	1,893 mm	22
1970	33.6 °C26 February 1970	14.8 °C11 July 1970	23.2 °C	2,064 mm	35
1969	34.9 °C20 December 1969	14.6 °C3 September 1969	23.5 °C	2,310 mm	50
1968	34.9 °C30 January 1968	12.6 °C12 June 1968	22.9 °C	1,407 mm	17
1967	32.0 °C1 April 1967	14.2 °C8 July 1967	23.2 °C	1,856 mm	25
1966	33.4 °C23 February 1966	14.3 °C27 July 1966	22.8 °C	1,938 mm	33
1965	31.3 °C20 November 1965	14.3 °C14 July 1965	22.2 °C	1,774 mm	5
1964	34.6 °C13 January 1964	12.6 °C28 June 1964	22.4 °C	1,384 mm	15
1963	31.9 °C25 January 1963	14.1 °C5 August 1963	22.8 °C	1,597 mm	18
1962	33.2 °C17 February 1962	14.3 °C16 July 1962	22.9 °C	1,335 mm	27
1961	31.9 °C26 November 1961	13.9 °C9 August 1961	23.3 °C	1,931 mm	27
1960	31.8 °C3 January 1960	15.2 °C4 July 1960	22.6 °C	1,549 mm	13
1959	33.8 °C8 March 1959	15.1 °C18 August 1959	22.7 °C	1,884 mm	18
1958	33.4 °C20 December 1958	14.1 °C22 June 1958	22.9 °C	1,783 mm	42
1957	33.2 °C25 November 1957	14.3 °C9 August 1957	23.0 °C	1,279 mm	34
1956	33.5 °C1 March 1956	15.1 °C16 July 1956	22.8 °C	1,568 mm	12
1955	31.8 °C6 January 1955	14.0 °C9 August 1955	22.6 °C	1,791 mm	17
1954	32.3 °C25 January 1954	14.7 °C18 June 1954	22.8 °C	1,716 mm	20
1953	33.5 °C22 February 1953	14.5 °C23 July 1953	23.0 °C	1,629 mm	33
1952	33.6 °C8 January 1952	12.9 °C21 September 1952	22.8 °C	2,416 mm	32
1951	34.2 °C31 January 1951	14.0 °C4 August 1951	22.8 °C	1,543 mm	33
1950	31.0 °C8 November 1950	13.3 °C7 August 1950	22.3 °C	1,736 mm	12
1949	33.9 °C25 February 1949	13.9 °C21 August 1949	23.0 °C	1,927 mm	47
1948	33.5 °C25 February 1948	13.1 °C13 August 1948	23.0 °C	2,014 mm	37
1947	33.6 °C28 November 1947	14.7 °C16 August 1947	23.0 °C	1,582 mm	47
1946	32.0 °C15 February 1946	14.5 °C2 August 1946	22.9 °C	1,463 mm	34
1945	33.2 °C8 February 1945	14.4 °C25 August 1945	22.7 °C	1,464 mm	25
1944	33.9 °C18 January 1944	14.3 °C5 July 1944	22.8 °C	1,254 mm	33
1943	32.8 °C25 January 1943	13.3 °C3 September 1943	22.4 °C	1,743 mm	22
1942	31.6 °C10 January 1942	13.3 °C3 July 1942	22.8 °C	1,352 mm	34
1941	33.3 °C8 November 1941	14.4 °C24 August 1941	23.0 °C	2,025 mm	34
1940	31.2 °C19 February 1940	14.3 °C6 August 1940	22.8 °C	1,884 mm	20

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.5 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

79 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1666 mm

-26 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.9 °C	+2.6 °C	184 mm	-91 mm
Feb	29.8 °C	+0.7 °C	458 mm	+196 mm
Mar	30.0 °C	+1.6 °C	134 mm	-122 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+2.1 °C	134 mm	-14 mm
May	26.3 °C	+0.9 °C	66 mm	-49 mm
Jun	25.1 °C	+1.3 °C	39 mm	-45 mm
Jul	23.3 °C	+0.2 °C	119 mm	+31 mm
Aug	24.1 °C	+0.5 °C	43 mm	-25 mm
Sep	25.9 °C	+1.0 °C	34 mm	-14 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+0.2 °C	50 mm	-16 mm
Nov	28.8 °C	+0.8 °C	87 mm	-18 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	-0.3 °C	321 mm	+139 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.4 °C

2 Aug 2025

Wettest day

92.2 mm

4 Dec 2025

Windiest day

33.4 km/h

14 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

14 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

31 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.9 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Farafangana?

Farafangana has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,692 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Farafangana?

The hottest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2021, reaching 36.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Farafangana?

The coldest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1976, at 12.1 °C.

Does it snow in Farafangana?

Almost never: Farafangana sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Farafangana warmed?

Yes: Farafangana warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Farafangana?

The wettest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2024, with 301 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Farafangana?

The windiest day measured in Farafangana between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2022, with winds reaching 68.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Farafangana?

The warmest month in Farafangana is January (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Farafangana?

Farafangana receives on average 1,692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 230 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Farafangana?

Farafangana gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Farafangana?

Yes: Farafangana has on average 223 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Farafangana?

In Farafangana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 23 December 2021, and the lowest was 10.0 °C on 27 June 2006.

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