Riding weather · Madagascar
Antananarivo highlands motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Antananarivo highlands area are April to November.
The driest months are July to September; the wettest is January, with about 300 mm of rain over 22 rain days.
Days are warmest in November (average high 26 °C) and nights coldest in July (average low 10 °C).
Month by month
Antananarivo and the central highlands, at about 1,300 m.
- JanPoor25°/17°300 mm
- FebMixed24°/17°254 mm
- MarMixed24°/17°181 mm
- AprGood23°/15°32 mm
- MayGood21°/13°6 mm
- JunGood19°/11°13 mm
- JulGood18°/10°5 mm
- AugGood20°/10°5 mm
- SeptGood22°/11°5 mm
- OctGood25°/13°28 mm
- NovGood26°/15°81 mm
- DecMixed26°/16°134 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
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| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Poor | 25 °C 76 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 300 mm | 22 | very wet |
| February | Mixed | 24 °C 76 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 254 mm | 20 | wet |
| March | Mixed | 24 °C 75 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 181 mm | 19 | wet |
| April | Good | 23 °C 73 °F | 15 °C 60 °F | 32 mm | 9 | |
| May | Good | 21 °C 70 °F | 13 °C 55 °F | 6 mm | 2 | |
| June | Good | 19 °C 66 °F | 11 °C 52 °F | 13 mm | 2 | |
| July | Good | 18 °C 65 °F | 10 °C 50 °F | 5 mm | 1 | |
| August | Good | 20 °C 68 °F | 10 °C 50 °F | 5 mm | 1 | |
| September | Good | 22 °C 72 °F | 11 °C 52 °F | 5 mm | 1 | |
| October | Good | 25 °C 77 °F | 13 °C 56 °F | 28 mm | 5 | |
| November | Good | 26 °C 79 °F | 15 °C 60 °F | 81 mm | 11 | |
| December | Mixed | 26 °C 78 °F | 16 °C 62 °F | 134 mm | 15 | wet |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Antananarivo, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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