Best time to visit Mahajanga

Month-by-month weather averages for Mahajanga.

Mahajanga, Boeny, Madagascar

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January29.5 °C / 85 °F25.4 °C / 78 °F486 mm / 19.1 inneither best nor good
February29.9 °C / 86 °F25.5 °C / 78 °F305 mm / 12 inneither best nor good
March30.7 °C / 87 °F25.7 °C / 78 °F200 mm / 7.9 inneither best nor good
April31.7 °C / 89 °F25.6 °C / 78 °F45 mm / 1.8 inneither best nor good
May31.2 °C / 88 °F24 °C / 75 °F4 mm / 0.2 inneither best nor good
June29.9 °C / 86 °F22.1 °C / 72 °F1 mm / 0 ingood month
July29.3 °C / 85 °F21.2 °C / 70 °F1 mm / 0 ingood month
August29.9 °C / 86 °F21.7 °C / 71 °F1 mm / 0.1 ingood month
September30.8 °C / 87 °F22.7 °C / 73 °F3 mm / 0.1 inneither best nor good
October31.4 °C / 89 °F24.5 °C / 76 °F15 mm / 0.6 inneither best nor good
November31 °C / 88 °F25.5 °C / 78 °F100 mm / 3.9 inneither best nor good
December30.6 °C / 87 °F25.7 °C / 78 °F194 mm / 7.6 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
June–August
Why these months
  • June · good

    In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0.2 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 62%.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.4 °C / 89 °F, average daily high 29.9 °C / 86 °F, average daily low 22.1 °C / 72 °F.

  • July · good

    In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, feels like (high) 30.3 °C / 87 °F, wet days 0.2 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily high 29.3 °C / 85 °F, relative humidity 60%, average daily low 21.2 °C / 70 °F.

  • August · good

    In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 97%, wet days 0.3 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 60%, average daily low 21.7 °C / 71 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.7 °C / 89 °F, average daily high 29.9 °C / 86 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is پیست اسکی پولادکف, Pooladkaf Ski Resort, 5159 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 35.2 °C35.9 °C36.8 °C36.7 °C34.3 °C31.4 °C30.3 °C31.7 °C33.8 °C35.6 °C36.5 °C36.6 °C
Days with heavy rain 14.5 days9.6 days6.3 days1.1 days0.1 days0 days0 days0 days0.1 days0.1 days2.9 days6 days
Time rain usually falls 12 am3 pm10 pm9 pm1 am8 pm10 pm8 pm12 am1 am1 am3 pm
Sunshine per day 8.8 h9.5 h10.6 h11.3 h11 h10.6 h10.6 h11.3 h11.6 h12 h12.1 h11.3 h
Relative humidity 83%83%80%73%66%62%60%60%60%65%74%78%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20255.6 µg/m³4.7 µg/m³4.4 µg/m³3.5 µg/m³3.6 µg/m³3.4 µg/m³2.9 µg/m³3.4 µg/m³4.4 µg/m³5.5 µg/m³5.8 µg/m³4.4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20258.6 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³7.5 µg/m³6.3 µg/m³6.6 µg/m³6.1 µg/m³4.7 µg/m³6 µg/m³7.4 µg/m³9 µg/m³9.1 µg/m³7.1 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

Other places in Madagascar

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).