Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ankazobe
Ankazobe climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,842 mm177 wet days a year
18.32° S, 47.12° EElevation 1,231 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goAnkazobe · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low26° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ankazobe has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 27° and nights 15°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,842 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (429 mm, 27 wet days) and September the driest (13 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in September to 56% in January.
Compared with Antananarivo, the capital, Ankazobe is 0.7° warmer on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · November
- Coldest nights
- 10° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- September · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 13 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 26° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 429 mm | 379 mm | 266 mm | 70 mm | 24 mm | 4 mm | 7 mm | 6 mm | 13 mm | 88 mm | 190 mm | 366 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 26.5 | 23.7 | 24.7 | 17.3 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 17.5 | 22.7 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 54% | 42% | 26% | 22% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 22% | 31% | 46% |
| Daylight | 13h 07 | 12h 42 | 12h 13 | 11h 41 | 11h 16 | 11h 02 | 11h 07 | 11h 29 | 11h 59 | 12h 30 | 12h 58 | 13h 13 |
| Month score | 56 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 85 | 92 | 73 | 60 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Ankazobe in every month
January56
25° / 17°
429 mm · 26.5 wet days
February57
25° / 17°
379 mm · 23.7 wet days
March61
25° / 17°
266 mm · 24.7 wet days
April67
25° / 15°
70 mm · 17.3 wet days
May78
23° / 13°
24 mm · 9.2 wet days
June82
21° / 11°
4 mm · 7.5 wet days
July80
20° / 10°
7 mm · 8.3 wet days
August85
22° / 10°
6 mm · 6.3 wet days
September92
24° / 12°
13 mm · 3.5 wet days
October73
26° / 13°
88 mm · 9.3 wet days
November60
27° / 15°
190 mm · 17.5 wet days
December57
26° / 16°
366 mm · 22.7 wet days