




Madagascar
About 26.3M people live in Madagascar, on 587,040 km² in 23 regions; the capital is Antananarivo. The highest summit is Ankaizina Field (2,878 m).
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jul–Sep.
Madagascar at a glance
The atlas follows 24,036 places here month by month, with 11 mountains and 14 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are July, August and September.
Madagascar's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+728%3.96M in 1950 → 32.7M in 2025 → 53.2M in 2050Madagascar · In numbers
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Madagascar
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Madagascar
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
Antsirabe
Toamasina
Mantasoa
Fianarantsoa
Antananarivo
71OctoberAntsiranana
Mahajanga
Ambatondrazaka
23 regions

Madagascar from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
Nature in Madagascar
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
Outdoors in Madagascar
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Madagascar
14 monuments and 5 museums; the best known first.

The festival year
What's on in Madagascar
The ground and the sky in Madagascar
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Getting to Madagascar
4 large airports, 64 railway stations, 7 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Practical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
