Vavatenina climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Vavatenina?

Vavatenina has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,971 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2005, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Vavatenina?

The coldest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1944, at 12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Vavatenina?

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

Q: Has the climate of Vavatenina warmed?

Yes: Vavatenina warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Vavatenina?

The wettest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2018, with 265 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Vavatenina?

The windiest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2008, with winds reaching 68.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Vavatenina?

The warmest month in Vavatenina is February (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Vavatenina?

Vavatenina receives on average 1,971 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 269 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Vavatenina?

Vavatenina gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Vavatenina (Madagascar) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,971 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 February (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Vavatenina averages 0 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 269 rainy days per year.

Vavatenina has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 6 January 2005) and the coldest 12.4 °C (on 10 July 1944).

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

VavateninaAnalanjirofo

coords: -17.47°, 49.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

20.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,971mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

5.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

269 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

22.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

192 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

36.1 °C

6 January 2005

Coldest day

12.4 °C

10 July 1944

Wettest day

265 mm

17 March 2018

Windiest day

68.5 km/h

17 February 2008

Strongest gust

148.0 km/h

17 February 2008

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

24 December 2021

Coldest feels-like

10.4 °C

31 August 1969

Sunniest day

12.9 h

5 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.8 °C30 January 2025	14.7 °C2 August 2025	23.2 °C	2,280 mm	67
2024	35.5 °C3 January 2024	14.3 °C4 August 2024	23.2 °C	2,365 mm	38
2023	35.2 °C29 January 2023	15.3 °C27 June 2023	23.5 °C	1,975 mm	45
2022	34.8 °C14 January 2022	14.6 °C4 October 2022	22.5 °C	2,092 mm	26
2021	34.8 °C23 December 2021	14.8 °C24 July 2021	23.0 °C	1,667 mm	46
2020	33.6 °C24 February 2020	13.2 °C11 August 2020	22.8 °C	2,032 mm	33
2019	34.9 °C25 January 2019	14.3 °C18 August 2019	23.5 °C	1,909 mm	51
2018	34.5 °C19 March 2018	13.8 °C9 August 2018	23.0 °C	2,401 mm	38
2017	36.1 °C9 February 2017	14.5 °C15 September 2017	23.1 °C	1,932 mm	32
2016	34.9 °C10 February 2016	14.1 °C31 July 2016	22.8 °C	1,678 mm	35
2015	34.7 °C5 January 2015	15.2 °C18 September 2015	23.1 °C	1,890 mm	47
2014	33.2 °C13 May 2014	14.3 °C9 July 2014	23.1 °C	1,822 mm	49
2013	35.4 °C24 January 2013	14.2 °C6 July 2013	22.8 °C	1,600 mm	40
2012	34.4 °C10 January 2012	14.9 °C24 September 2012	22.7 °C	2,161 mm	24
2011	35.0 °C21 December 2011	13.9 °C26 July 2011	23.2 °C	1,519 mm	33
2010	34.0 °C2 February 2010	14.2 °C15 August 2010	23.0 °C	2,035 mm	37
2009	33.9 °C8 February 2009	14.4 °C21 July 2009	23.0 °C	1,993 mm	44
2008	34.9 °C6 January 2008	15.0 °C26 August 2008	22.6 °C	2,035 mm	21
2007	35.5 °C2 March 2007	14.4 °C15 August 2007	22.8 °C	2,289 mm	46
2006	34.0 °C7 March 2006	15.3 °C11 October 2006	22.6 °C	1,846 mm	23
2005	36.1 °C6 January 2005	13.6 °C27 July 2005	22.7 °C	1,709 mm	49
2004	34.8 °C5 February 2004	12.7 °C9 August 2004	22.5 °C	2,122 mm	25
2003	34.3 °C24 February 2003	13.0 °C27 August 2003	22.7 °C	2,035 mm	28
2002	35.1 °C12 March 2002	14.8 °C1 October 2002	22.7 °C	2,300 mm	29
2001	32.5 °C21 December 2001	13.5 °C20 July 2001	22.5 °C	1,514 mm	24
2000	35.4 °C19 January 2000	13.3 °C12 September 2000	22.2 °C	2,202 mm	26
1999	32.2 °C9 February 1999	14.6 °C11 August 1999	22.2 °C	1,381 mm	17
1998	34.3 °C3 February 1998	14.8 °C21 July 1998	22.7 °C	1,905 mm	25
1997	32.7 °C23 November 1997	13.5 °C22 August 1997	22.4 °C	1,996 mm	22
1996	33.8 °C27 February 1996	13.4 °C2 August 1996	22.3 °C	1,965 mm	34
1995	35.1 °C10 January 1995	15.1 °C14 July 1995	22.6 °C	2,002 mm	27
1994	33.8 °C19 February 1994	15.6 °C4 September 1994	22.6 °C	2,174 mm	20
1993	34.3 °C15 February 1993	13.8 °C9 August 1993	22.3 °C	1,673 mm	29
1992	33.2 °C28 December 1992	13.2 °C29 July 1992	22.1 °C	1,689 mm	20
1991	32.6 °C18 February 1991	13.2 °C26 August 1991	22.4 °C	2,205 mm	16
1990	34.4 °C11 February 1990	12.9 °C1 July 1990	22.4 °C	1,718 mm	32
1989	33.5 °C1 February 1989	15.5 °C7 July 1989	22.3 °C	2,488 mm	26
1988	32.4 °C7 March 1988	14.6 °C12 September 1988	22.5 °C	1,837 mm	21
1987	35.3 °C26 January 1987	15.0 °C4 June 1987	22.8 °C	1,458 mm	33
1986	33.7 °C9 February 1986	12.5 °C1 September 1986	22.0 °C	1,879 mm	18
1985	33.2 °C22 February 1985	15.2 °C24 August 1985	21.9 °C	2,083 mm	18
1984	34.4 °C25 January 1984	13.0 °C4 September 1984	22.0 °C	2,054 mm	25
1983	34.9 °C22 February 1983	13.8 °C15 September 1983	22.5 °C	2,326 mm	22
1982	33.6 °C12 December 1982	15.8 °C27 August 1982	22.6 °C	2,487 mm	28
1981	33.1 °C22 February 1981	14.1 °C16 July 1981	22.6 °C	1,749 mm	22
1980	33.8 °C23 January 1980	14.0 °C15 August 1980	22.4 °C	1,916 mm	21
1979	33.6 °C17 December 1979	13.9 °C27 June 1979	22.4 °C	1,676 mm	11
1978	34.7 °C30 January 1978	15.1 °C26 September 1978	22.4 °C	1,890 mm	24
1977	32.6 °C1 February 1977	13.5 °C7 September 1977	22.6 °C	2,290 mm	21
1976	31.4 °C21 February 1976	14.3 °C5 August 1976	22.3 °C	2,014 mm	7
1975	32.3 °C1 February 1975	14.3 °C15 October 1975	21.9 °C	2,136 mm	12
1974	32.7 °C2 January 1974	13.1 °C25 September 1974	21.8 °C	1,948 mm	12
1973	35.6 °C1 February 1973	14.2 °C29 August 1973	22.3 °C	2,575 mm	17
1972	33.1 °C9 February 1972	15.2 °C10 June 1972	22.5 °C	2,343 mm	19
1971	33.7 °C4 February 1971	13.5 °C27 September 1971	21.9 °C	2,179 mm	27
1970	34.2 °C27 February 1970	14.6 °C15 September 1970	22.1 °C	1,957 mm	43
1969	33.1 °C26 December 1969	12.9 °C31 August 1969	22.5 °C	1,758 mm	31
1968	34.1 °C30 January 1968	15.0 °C14 June 1968	21.9 °C	2,107 mm	22
1967	32.7 °C30 March 1967	14.9 °C16 September 1967	22.1 °C	2,119 mm	19
1966	33.1 °C24 February 1966	13.7 °C18 August 1966	21.9 °C	1,459 mm	23
1965	31.2 °C13 January 1965	14.2 °C5 July 1965	21.5 °C	1,838 mm	11
1964	33.3 °C14 January 1964	14.0 °C29 June 1964	21.5 °C	1,963 mm	16
1963	32.8 °C18 January 1963	14.3 °C6 September 1963	21.6 °C	1,961 mm	9
1962	31.6 °C27 December 1962	13.6 °C1 July 1962	21.6 °C	1,829 mm	13
1961	31.4 °C24 December 1961	15.3 °C1 August 1961	22.0 °C	1,984 mm	9
1960	32.5 °C19 January 1960	15.2 °C19 July 1960	21.6 °C	2,152 mm	14
1959	33.1 °C9 March 1959	14.6 °C8 June 1959	21.6 °C	2,546 mm	13
1958	32.6 °C21 January 1958	14.0 °C29 July 1958	21.9 °C	2,191 mm	13
1957	33.0 °C15 December 1957	14.4 °C4 August 1957	21.6 °C	1,840 mm	10
1956	32.1 °C5 December 1956	12.9 °C22 August 1956	21.2 °C	2,456 mm	14
1955	32.9 °C15 January 1955	13.4 °C9 July 1955	21.4 °C	1,525 mm	14
1954	33.9 °C23 January 1954	15.0 °C12 August 1954	21.7 °C	1,527 mm	15
1953	33.7 °C22 February 1953	14.4 °C6 September 1953	22.0 °C	2,202 mm	18
1952	33.7 °C8 January 1952	13.6 °C6 July 1952	22.0 °C	1,962 mm	44
1951	32.7 °C1 February 1951	14.0 °C29 May 1951	21.7 °C	1,985 mm	13
1950	33.0 °C16 January 1950	14.0 °C23 July 1950	21.4 °C	2,293 mm	9
1949	33.3 °C20 February 1949	13.5 °C25 August 1949	21.9 °C	1,604 mm	24
1948	33.4 °C29 January 1948	14.1 °C28 August 1948	22.0 °C	2,142 mm	24
1947	32.7 °C20 February 1947	12.5 °C9 September 1947	21.8 °C	1,957 mm	33
1946	33.1 °C13 December 1946	14.0 °C23 August 1946	21.7 °C	2,112 mm	12
1945	33.6 °C7 February 1945	14.1 °C23 September 1945	21.4 °C	1,788 mm	15
1944	34.8 °C18 January 1944	12.4 °C10 July 1944	21.6 °C	1,583 mm	13
1943	33.5 °C26 January 1943	13.7 °C4 September 1943	21.6 °C	1,866 mm	25
1942	32.4 °C3 February 1942	13.8 °C20 July 1942	21.8 °C	1,341 mm	24
1941	32.9 °C28 January 1941	14.8 °C5 October 1941	22.0 °C	1,936 mm	20
1940	33.1 °C19 February 1940	14.4 °C8 August 1940	21.9 °C	2,129 mm	13

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2280 mm

+309 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.0 °C	+1.4 °C	253 mm	-58 mm
Feb	30.6 °C	+2.0 °C	451 mm	+159 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+1.6 °C	269 mm	-3 mm
Apr	28.6 °C	+2.0 °C	91 mm	-63 mm
May	25.7 °C	+0.7 °C	136 mm	+33 mm
Jun	24.0 °C	+0.9 °C	98 mm	-10 mm
Jul	22.4 °C	+0.2 °C	133 mm	+7 mm
Aug	22.9 °C	+0.5 °C	71 mm	-50 mm
Sep	24.4 °C	+1.1 °C	67 mm	-22 mm
Oct	25.6 °C	+0.6 °C	89 mm	+4 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.4 °C	223 mm	+121 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	+0.3 °C	401 mm	+192 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.8 °C

30 Jan 2025

Coldest day

14.7 °C

2 Aug 2025

Wettest day

128.2 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

27.6 km/h

24 May 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

24 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

30 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

2 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

5 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Vavatenina?

Vavatenina has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,971 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vavatenina?

The hottest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2005, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Vavatenina?

The coldest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1944, at 12.4 °C.

Does it snow in Vavatenina?

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

Has the climate of Vavatenina warmed?

Yes: Vavatenina warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Vavatenina?

The wettest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2018, with 265 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Vavatenina?

The windiest day measured in Vavatenina between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2008, with winds reaching 68.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Vavatenina?

The warmest month in Vavatenina is February (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Vavatenina?

Vavatenina receives on average 1,971 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 269 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Vavatenina?

Vavatenina gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Vavatenina?

Yes: Vavatenina has on average 192 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vavatenina?

In Vavatenina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 24 December 2021, and the lowest was 10.4 °C on 31 August 1969.

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