The best time to visit Madagascar is from march until may and august until december, when you will have a pleasant temperature and limited till mediocre rainfall. The highest average temperature in Madagascar is 25°C in october and the lowest is 18°C in july. The weather and climate of Madagascar is suitable for a sun vacation.

The average climate figure for Madagascar is an 7,8. This is based on various factors, such as average temperatures, the chance of precipitation and weather experiences of others.

Madagascar has 2 types of climates prevailing, namely the tropical savanna climate and moderate climate. If you want to know what the average temperature is in Madagascar or when most precipitation (rain or snow) falls, you can find an overview below. This way, you are well prepared. Our average monthly climate data is based on data from the past 30 years.

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Climate Madagascar per month

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
24°C	24°C	24°C	22°C	21°C	19°C	18°C	20°C	22°C	25°C	25°C	25°C
175 mm	165 mm	123 mm	17 mm	4 mm	5 mm	4 mm	3 mm	3 mm	30 mm	92 mm	140 mm

All climate data from Madagascar

Climate data from: Antananarivo

Madagascar in brief

Capital	Antananarivo
Flight time ¹	12 h. 10 min
Population	25.571.000
Area	587.040 km²
Currency	Malagasy ariary
Local date	th 2 april 2020
Local time	17:38 hour in the afternoon

¹ From London-Heathrow

14 day weather forecast Madagascar

The weather for Antananarivo in Madagascar will be around 25° degrees in the next 14 days with every day chance of light rain showers or even quite a bit of rain.

The weather forecast for Madagascar is based on the weather in Antananarivo.

Weather forecast this week

Day	Max	Min	Precip	Change	Wind	UV
Th 2 Apr	27°C	16°C	8.7 mm	75%	2m/s	7
Fr 3 Apr	23°C	15°C	4.7 mm	60%	3m/s	4
Sa 4 Apr	26°C	14°C	0.4 mm	10%	2m/s	9
Su 5 Apr	22°C	14°C	0.6 mm	15%	2m/s	3
Mo 6 Apr	25°C	15°C	4.0 mm	55%	1m/s	8
Tu 7 Apr	26°C	15°C	0.7 mm	20%	1m/s	9
We 8 Apr	26°C	15°C	5.3 mm	65%	2m/s	9

Weather forecast next week

Day	Max	Min	Precip	Change	Wind	UV
Th 9 Apr	24°C	15°C	6.0 mm	65%	3m/s	9
Fr 10 Apr	26°C	15°C	3.4 mm	55%	2m/s	5
Sa 11 Apr	26°C	15°C	0.2 mm	20%	1m/s	4
Su 12 Apr	27°C	15°C	0.3 mm	10%	1m/s	4
Mo 13 Apr	27°C	15°C	2.4 mm	45%	1m/s	3
Tu 14 Apr	27°C	16°C	0.1 mm	20%	1m/s	3
We 15 Apr	26°C	15°C	0.3 mm	10%	2m/s	3

Climate Madagascar

Climate Madagascar per Month

Madagascar has 2 types of climates prevailing, namely the tropical savanna climate and moderate climate. The average annual temperature for Madagascar is 22° degrees and there is about 760 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 180 days a year with an average humidity of 80% and an UV-index of 5.


Day
Night
Precip
Rain days
Dry days
Sun hours per day
Wind force in Bft
UV-index

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Day	24°C	24°C	24°C	22°C	21°C	19°C	18°C	20°C	22°C	25°C	25°C	25°C
Night	16°C	16°C	16°C	14°C	12°C	10°C	9°C	10°C	11°C	14°C	16°C	16°C
Precip	175 mm	165 mm	123 mm	17 mm	4 mm	5 mm	4 mm	3 mm	3 mm	30 mm	92 mm	140 mm
Rain days	25	24	23	12	5	4	3	3	4	12	19	24
Dry days	6	4	8	18	26	26	28	28	26	19	11	7
Sun hours per day	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	11	11
Wind force in Bft	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
UV-index	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

Climate Madagascar january

On average, it is maximum 24° in january in Madagascar and at least around 16° degrees. In january there are 25 days of rainfall with a total of 175 mm and the it will be dry 6 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar february

On average, it is maximum 24° in february in Madagascar and at least around 16° degrees. In february there are 24 days of rainfall with a total of 165 mm and the it will be dry 4 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar march

On average, it is maximum 24° in march in Madagascar and at least around 16° degrees. In march there are 23 days of rainfall with a total of 123 mm and the it will be dry 8 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar april

On average, it is maximum 22° in april in Madagascar and at least around 14° degrees. In april there are 12 days of rainfall with a total of 17 mm and the it will be dry 18 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar may

On average, it is maximum 21° in may in Madagascar and at least around 12° degrees. In may there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 4 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar june

On average, it is maximum 19° in june in Madagascar and at least around 10° degrees. In june there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 5 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar july

On average, it is maximum 18° in july in Madagascar and at least around 9° degrees. In july there are 3 days of rainfall with a total of 4 mm and the it will be dry 28 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar august

On average, it is maximum 20° in august in Madagascar and at least around 10° degrees. In august there are 3 days of rainfall with a total of 3 mm and the it will be dry 28 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar september

On average, it is maximum 22° in september in Madagascar and at least around 11° degrees. In september there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 3 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar october

On average, it is maximum 25° in october in Madagascar and at least around 14° degrees. In october there are 12 days of rainfall with a total of 30 mm and the it will be dry 19 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar november

On average, it is maximum 25° in november in Madagascar and at least around 16° degrees. In november there are 19 days of rainfall with a total of 92 mm and the it will be dry 11 days this month in Madagascar.

Climate Madagascar december

On average, it is maximum 25° in december in Madagascar and at least around 16° degrees. In december there are 24 days of rainfall with a total of 140 mm and the it will be dry 7 days this month in Madagascar.

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Madagascar has 2 airports which you can fly to:

Ambalabe Airport
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Ivato Airport
Antananarivo

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About Madagascar

Madagascar is in the continental part Africa and the capital is Antananarivo. The total surface is 587.040 km² with 4.828 km of coastline and the population consists of 25.571.000 inhabitants. In terms of area, the country is 2,5x as big as United States. If you want to call Madagascar you have to use +261 or 00261 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +2615012457809 or 002615012457809.

Madagascar is in a straight line at 9.047 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 12 hours5.

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Time difference Madagascar

In Madagascar it is now 17:38 o’clock in the afternoon on thursday 2 april 2020. That is 7 hour later than in United States. The time zone of Madagascar is Indian/Antananarivo and the Greenwich time is UTC+03.

Currency Madagascar

In Madagascar the Malagasy ariary is used to pay.

Exchange rate Malagasy ariary (MGA) 2 april 2020

1 Malagasy ariary = 0,00 United States dollar
100 Malagasy ariary = 0,03 United States dollar

1 United States dollar = 3.757,66 Malagasy ariary
100 United States dollar = 375.766,21 Malagasy ariary

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Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.

You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:

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Vaccinations Madagascar

Mandatory vaccinations

Cholera

Recommended vaccinations

DTP (Difterie, Tetanus en Polio)
Hepatitis A (besmettelijke geelzucht)

Person and travel related vaccinations

These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Madagascar.

BMR (Bof, Mazelen en Rode hond)
Dengue (knokkelkoorts)
Gele koorts
Hepatitis B
Rabiës
Schistosomiasis
Tuberculose (TBC)

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