Miandrarivo climate — normals and trends
Miandrarivo (Madagascar) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,775 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 (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Miandrarivo averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Miandrarivo has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 12 October 2010) and the coldest 1.6 °C (on 6 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
MiandrarivoVakinankaratra
- coords
- -19.43°, 46.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.9°C
Average daily high
23.8°C
Average daily low
12.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,775mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
5.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.8 °C
Average feels-like low
12.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
33.4 °C
12 October 2010
Coldest day
1.6 °C
6 June 1972
Wettest day
171 mm
2 February 1977
Windiest day
57.1 km/h
18 March 1941
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
18 March 1941
Hottest feels-like
35.1 °C
12 November 2021
Coldest feels-like
-1.9 °C
6 June 1972
Sunniest day
13.2 h
31 December 2020
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 | 26.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 353 mm | -60 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 645 mm | +278 mm |
| Mar | 26.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 149 mm | -126 mm |
| Apr | 25.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 121 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 67 mm | +47 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -59 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 210 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | 24.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 442 mm | +117 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Miandrarivo?
Miandrarivo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,775 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Miandrarivo?
The hottest day measured in Miandrarivo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2010, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Miandrarivo?
The coldest day measured in Miandrarivo between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1972, at 1.6 °C.
Does it snow in Miandrarivo?
Almost never: Miandrarivo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Miandrarivo warmed?
Yes: Miandrarivo warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Miandrarivo?
The wettest day measured in Miandrarivo between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1977, with 171 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Miandrarivo?
The windiest day measured in Miandrarivo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1941, with winds reaching 57.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Miandrarivo?
The warmest month in Miandrarivo is January (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Miandrarivo?
Miandrarivo receives on average 1,775 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Miandrarivo?
Miandrarivo gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Miandrarivo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Miandrarivo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Miandrarivo?
In Miandrarivo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.1 °C on 12 November 2021, and the lowest was -1.9 °C on 6 June 1972.
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