Ikalamavony climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ikalamavony?

Ikalamavony has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 869 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2024, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ikalamavony?

The coldest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1993, at 3.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ikalamavony?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ikalamavony warmed?

Yes: Ikalamavony warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ikalamavony?

The wettest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2018, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ikalamavony?

The windiest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1941, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ikalamavony?

The warmest month in Ikalamavony is November (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ikalamavony?

Ikalamavony receives on average 869 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ikalamavony?

Ikalamavony gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ikalamavony (Madagascar) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 869 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 November (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Ikalamavony averages 0 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.

Ikalamavony 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 37.2 °C (on 23 December 2024) and the coldest 3.2 °C (on 9 June 1993).

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

IkalamavonyUpper Matsiatra

coords: -21.15°, 46.58°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

869mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

6.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

97 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.2 °C

Average feels-like low

16.0 °C

Average peak gust

34.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

37.2 °C

23 December 2024

Coldest day

3.2 °C

9 June 1993

Wettest day

141 mm

7 January 2018

Windiest day

39.2 km/h

24 March 1941

Strongest gust

113.4 km/h

18 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

22 December 2024

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

30 June 1996

Sunniest day

13.3 h

29 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.4 °C28 October 2025	7.5 °C22 June 2025	22.0 °C	974 mm	120
2024	37.2 °C23 December 2024	6.4 °C8 July 2024	22.3 °C	790 mm	131
2023	36.6 °C29 November 2023	6.5 °C27 June 2023	22.0 °C	970 mm	101
2022	35.4 °C5 October 2022	6.4 °C1 September 2022	21.3 °C	884 mm	70
2021	35.2 °C10 November 2021	8.6 °C6 May 2021	21.6 °C	838 mm	102
2020	36.6 °C8 November 2020	7.6 °C27 July 2020	21.9 °C	602 mm	134
2019	37.1 °C25 October 2019	5.6 °C22 July 2019	22.1 °C	809 mm	106
2018	33.2 °C20 September 2018	8.3 °C9 August 2018	21.5 °C	767 mm	82
2017	35.2 °C24 October 2017	7.6 °C11 July 2017	21.8 °C	850 mm	85
2016	34.9 °C12 December 2016	6.3 °C9 July 2016	21.4 °C	920 mm	105
2015	35.5 °C14 November 2015	7.4 °C7 August 2015	21.5 °C	1,265 mm	65
2014	35.7 °C10 October 2014	8.1 °C14 September 2014	21.9 °C	727 mm	136
2013	35.9 °C17 November 2013	4.9 °C6 June 2013	21.7 °C	705 mm	112
2012	35.8 °C22 October 2012	7.6 °C4 August 2012	21.5 °C	824 mm	72
2011	36.6 °C27 October 2011	6.0 °C4 July 2011	21.6 °C	820 mm	90
2010	36.1 °C12 October 2010	7.3 °C16 September 2010	21.6 °C	986 mm	116
2009	35.3 °C30 December 2009	6.4 °C30 June 2009	21.5 °C	915 mm	95
2008	34.4 °C17 October 2008	7.2 °C27 June 2008	21.1 °C	908 mm	84
2007	34.1 °C15 December 2007	5.2 °C16 June 2007	21.3 °C	1,462 mm	84
2006	36.4 °C4 November 2006	6.6 °C27 June 2006	21.9 °C	504 mm	148
2005	34.5 °C18 November 2005	6.3 °C4 July 2005	21.6 °C	758 mm	112
2004	34.7 °C10 December 2004	6.0 °C2 June 2004	21.6 °C	1,133 mm	77
2003	35.1 °C7 October 2003	6.2 °C11 June 2003	21.4 °C	943 mm	82
2002	33.0 °C21 January 2002	8.4 °C23 June 2002	21.4 °C	747 mm	67
2001	34.5 °C27 November 2001	6.5 °C20 July 2001	21.3 °C	1,059 mm	78
2000	32.9 °C3 January 2000	7.9 °C20 July 2000	21.1 °C	894 mm	62
1999	34.0 °C30 November 1999	5.7 °C23 June 1999	21.3 °C	600 mm	81
1998	34.1 °C8 October 1998	7.7 °C20 June 1998	21.6 °C	1,031 mm	93
1997	35.5 °C10 November 1997	7.2 °C12 August 1997	21.1 °C	750 mm	57
1996	35.3 °C7 November 1996	3.5 °C30 June 1996	21.1 °C	1,032 mm	70
1995	35.3 °C18 November 1995	7.3 °C28 June 1995	21.6 °C	798 mm	87
1994	35.5 °C17 November 1994	4.5 °C13 July 1994	21.0 °C	860 mm	61
1993	34.9 °C7 December 1993	3.2 °C9 June 1993	20.9 °C	820 mm	56
1992	33.8 °C26 October 1992	5.6 °C23 July 1992	21.0 °C	629 mm	66
1991	35.5 °C20 January 1991	4.2 °C16 June 1991	21.4 °C	616 mm	75
1990	33.3 °C14 October 1990	6.1 °C7 July 1990	21.2 °C	782 mm	58
1989	34.0 °C6 November 1989	8.5 °C6 July 1989	21.2 °C	895 mm	66
1988	33.0 °C2 March 1988	8.2 °C10 September 1988	21.4 °C	596 mm	90
1987	35.3 °C15 December 1987	4.6 °C10 July 1987	21.4 °C	765 mm	86
1986	33.8 °C6 February 1986	4.6 °C6 July 1986	20.6 °C	963 mm	41
1985	33.5 °C6 February 1985	5.3 °C4 June 1985	20.5 °C	829 mm	53
1984	32.6 °C15 October 1984	6.4 °C22 August 1984	20.6 °C	1,124 mm	16
1983	35.7 °C7 January 1983	7.1 °C21 August 1983	21.7 °C	710 mm	114
1982	33.3 °C27 December 1982	7.8 °C14 July 1982	20.7 °C	937 mm	29
1981	33.5 °C30 January 1981	4.7 °C10 June 1981	20.9 °C	916 mm	55
1980	33.4 °C29 November 1980	7.2 °C24 July 1980	21.2 °C	742 mm	64
1979	34.6 °C28 September 1979	5.2 °C27 July 1979	21.0 °C	826 mm	65
1978	34.3 °C22 February 1978	6.5 °C29 April 1978	21.4 °C	925 mm	78
1977	34.6 °C12 October 1977	7.6 °C9 July 1977	21.2 °C	928 mm	62
1976	35.7 °C22 November 1976	3.6 °C18 July 1976	21.2 °C	688 mm	76
1975	32.2 °C27 October 1975	5.8 °C26 July 1975	20.1 °C	879 mm	34
1974	32.7 °C27 November 1974	6.3 °C28 July 1974	20.3 °C	784 mm	26
1973	32.9 °C31 October 1973	6.7 °C10 July 1973	20.8 °C	998 mm	41
1972	32.9 °C10 December 1972	3.8 °C6 June 1972	20.4 °C	1,030 mm	39
1971	31.3 °C24 October 1971	6.0 °C7 August 1971	20.3 °C	918 mm	19
1970	32.4 °C23 October 1970	7.3 °C11 July 1970	20.4 °C	1,006 mm	19
1969	34.2 °C1 November 1969	5.6 °C16 June 1969	20.7 °C	1,185 mm	54
1968	34.2 °C12 January 1968	3.5 °C16 June 1968	20.8 °C	558 mm	71
1967	31.6 °C10 February 1967	8.8 °C5 September 1967	20.5 °C	993 mm	14
1966	33.6 °C30 October 1966	7.2 °C29 July 1966	20.4 °C	796 mm	57
1965	33.4 °C20 November 1965	5.8 °C15 July 1965	19.6 °C	691 mm	30
1964	33.6 °C21 October 1964	4.5 °C28 June 1964	19.9 °C	720 mm	27
1963	32.8 °C9 October 1963	6.4 °C31 July 1963	20.0 °C	813 mm	20
1962	32.4 °C31 October 1962	7.6 °C28 June 1962	20.2 °C	865 mm	18
1961	34.1 °C25 October 1961	7.1 °C13 June 1961	20.6 °C	810 mm	30
1960	34.3 °C30 October 1960	7.0 °C3 July 1960	20.1 °C	668 mm	41
1959	33.0 °C1 November 1959	6.5 °C6 June 1959	20.1 °C	810 mm	25
1958	32.0 °C4 December 1958	7.4 °C18 July 1958	20.1 °C	1,139 mm	22
1957	35.6 °C9 November 1957	7.1 °C17 June 1957	20.5 °C	842 mm	60
1956	32.0 °C30 October 1956	6.6 °C25 July 1956	20.3 °C	655 mm	28
1955	36.6 °C14 November 1955	7.3 °C25 August 1955	20.3 °C	740 mm	38
1954	33.3 °C27 October 1954	7.2 °C19 June 1954	20.1 °C	985 mm	27
1953	32.1 °C18 October 1953	5.8 °C30 June 1953	19.8 °C	1,065 mm	23
1952	32.2 °C29 October 1952	7.1 °C12 August 1952	19.8 °C	1,305 mm	19
1951	33.5 °C14 October 1951	5.7 °C18 July 1951	20.1 °C	877 mm	45
1950	32.5 °C20 October 1950	5.3 °C22 May 1950	19.7 °C	1,058 mm	32
1949	32.9 °C1 November 1949	7.6 °C4 June 1949	20.3 °C	981 mm	42
1948	33.3 °C25 October 1948	7.5 °C4 June 1948	20.0 °C	1,105 mm	34
1947	33.7 °C10 October 1947	6.6 °C23 July 1947	20.0 °C	1,133 mm	28
1946	34.6 °C1 November 1946	6.7 °C9 June 1946	20.4 °C	797 mm	38
1945	35.3 °C10 November 1945	7.3 °C4 July 1945	20.4 °C	648 mm	48
1944	34.2 °C26 September 1944	5.2 °C7 July 1944	20.6 °C	533 mm	70
1943	34.1 °C19 November 1943	6.2 °C16 June 1943	19.7 °C	833 mm	41
1942	32.7 °C3 October 1942	7.0 °C22 June 1942	20.0 °C	876 mm	29
1941	36.6 °C20 October 1941	5.3 °C20 June 1941	20.0 °C	1,121 mm	28
1940	33.2 °C20 November 1940	7.3 °C1 July 1940	20.5 °C	723 mm	38

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

120 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

974 mm

+105 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.4 °C	+2.2 °C	241 mm	+16 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	+0.2 °C	361 mm	+180 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+0.9 °C	40 mm	-75 mm
Apr	30.1 °C	+2.6 °C	20 mm	-5 mm
May	27.6 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Jul	24.0 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Oct	30.3 °C	+0.5 °C	7 mm	-22 mm
Nov	30.6 °C	+0.8 °C	66 mm	-23 mm
Dec	29.6 °C	+0.8 °C	235 mm	+49 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.4 °C

28 Oct 2025

Coldest day

7.5 °C

22 Jun 2025

Wettest day

56.4 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

30.0 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

22 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

9 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ikalamavony?

Ikalamavony has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 869 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ikalamavony?

The hottest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2024, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ikalamavony?

The coldest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1993, at 3.2 °C.

Does it snow in Ikalamavony?

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

Has the climate of Ikalamavony warmed?

Yes: Ikalamavony warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ikalamavony?

The wettest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2018, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ikalamavony?

The windiest day measured in Ikalamavony between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1941, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ikalamavony?

The warmest month in Ikalamavony is November (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ikalamavony?

Ikalamavony receives on average 869 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ikalamavony?

Ikalamavony gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ikalamavony?

Yes: Ikalamavony has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ikalamavony?

In Ikalamavony, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 22 December 2024, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 30 June 1996.

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