Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ikongo
Ikongo climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,428 mm266 wet days a year
21.88° S, 47.43° EElevation 321 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goIkongo · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low26° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ikongo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 28° and nights 22°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,428 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (338 mm, 30 wet days) and September the driest (77 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in June to 55% in February.
Compared with Antananarivo, the capital, Ikongo is 3.1° warmer on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · January
- Coldest nights
- 15° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- June · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 27 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 48 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 | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 28° |
| Average low | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 377 mm | 386 mm | 338 mm | 169 mm | 144 mm | 90 mm | 124 mm | 84 mm | 77 mm | 139 mm | 200 mm | 300 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.5 | 26.7 | 30 | 26.7 | 22.5 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 19 | 13 | 15.3 | 21 | 24.3 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 55% | 50% | 43% | 39% | 35% | 38% | 35% | 36% | 41% | 43% | 49% |
| Daylight | 13h 19 | 12h 49 | 12h 14 | 11h 36 | 11h 05 | 10h 48 | 10h 55 | 11h 21 | 11h 57 | 12h 34 | 13h 09 | 13h 27 |
| Month score | 44 | 45 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 60 | 52 | 46 |
ivMonth by month
Ikongo in every month
January44
28° / 22°
377 mm · 28.5 wet days
February45
28° / 22°
386 mm · 26.7 wet days
March49
27° / 21°
338 mm · 30 wet days
April58
26° / 19°
169 mm · 26.7 wet days
May63
24° / 18°
144 mm · 22.5 wet days
June65
22° / 15°
90 mm · 18.7 wet days
July64
21° / 15°
124 mm · 20.3 wet days
August65
22° / 15°
84 mm · 19 wet days
September67
24° / 16°
77 mm · 13 wet days
October60
26° / 18°
139 mm · 15.3 wet days
November52
27° / 19°
200 mm · 21 wet days
December46
28° / 21°
300 mm · 24.3 wet days