Ivato climate — normals and trends
Ivato (Madagascar) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,250 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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ivato averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Ivato has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 20 December 2024) and the coldest 2.8 °C (on 7 September 1986).
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
IvatoAnalamanga
- coords
- -18.80°, 47.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
13.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,250mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
6.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.7 °C
Average feels-like low
13.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °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
34.3 °C
20 December 2024
Coldest day
2.8 °C
7 September 1986
Wettest day
164 mm
14 February 2012
Windiest day
58.9 km/h
14 February 2012
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
14 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
20 December 2024
Coldest feels-like
0.3 °C
7 September 1986
Sunniest day
13.0 h
3 January 2013
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 | 28.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 184 mm | -119 mm |
| Feb | 26.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 595 mm | +334 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 105 mm | -84 mm |
| Apr | 26.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 23.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 16 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 2 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 26.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 26.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 258 mm | +138 mm |
| Dec | 24.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 532 mm | +288 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ivato?
Ivato has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,250 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ivato?
The hottest day measured in Ivato between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2024, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ivato?
The coldest day measured in Ivato between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1986, at 2.8 °C.
Does it snow in Ivato?
Almost never: Ivato sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ivato warmed?
Yes: Ivato warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ivato?
The wettest day measured in Ivato between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2012, with 164 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ivato?
The windiest day measured in Ivato between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2012, with winds reaching 58.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ivato?
The warmest month in Ivato is January (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ivato?
Ivato receives on average 1,250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ivato?
Ivato gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ivato?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ivato.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ivato?
In Ivato, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 20 December 2024, and the lowest was 0.3 °C on 7 September 1986.
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