Climate Ambatondrazaka Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Toamasina Ambalamanasy Airport (FMMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.8	83	83	85	93	87
February	87.3	75	84	88	91	86
March	80.6	72	86	75	92	79
April	85.8		93	78	82	83
May	86.1		86	86	87	88
June	82.3		85	76	87	82
July	82.1		81	82	79	86
August	85.0		74	88	83	92
September	86.0		87	84	82	86
October	88.5		90	92	87	88
November	91.0		90	94	93	91
December	88.9		91	86	90	84
Average	85.0	76.8	85.7	84.5	87.0	85.9

3rd best VFR conditions of Madagascar

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.9	94	98	96	99	97
February	97.6	94	97	97	99	97
March	94.2	91	98	93	99	94
April	97.2		99	93	98	97
May	97.0		97	96	99	99
June	95.3		94	95	98	98
July	95.2		92	97	95	99
August	95.9		86	99	96	99
September	98.5		99	98	100	97
October	98.4		98	100	98	98
November	99.0		98	100	100	99
December	98.0		96	98	100	97
Average	96.5	92.7	95.8	96.8	98.4	97.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.7	31	30	30	31	31
February	30.8	30	30	31	31	31
March	30.4	30	30	30	31	30
April	29.3		30	28	29	29
May	28.0		29	28	28	28
June	26.1		27	25	26	25
July	25.1		26	25	25	25
August	25.8		26	25	25	26
September	26.6		27	26	26	26
October	28.0		29	27	27	28
November	29.3		30	29	30	29
December	30.7		32	30	31	30
Average	28.6	30.4	28.6	27.8	28.3	28.0

5th highest temperature of Madagascar

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.3	22	22	20	23	23
February	21.7	18	20	21	23	22
March	22.0	23	23	20	18	22
April	21.9		21	20	21	23
May	19.9		19	20	20	19
June	17.2		7	19	18	19
July	16.6		8	18	18	18
August	16.2		8	18	17	17
September	17.7		16	18	18	17
October	19.4		21	17	20	18
November	20.8		22	20	21	18
December	20.6		13	22	23	18
Average	19.9	20.9	16.5	19.2	19.9	19.4

2nd lowest temperature of Madagascar

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.3	27	23	18	11	25
February	16.5	35	22	23	15	18
March	26.0	39	21	33	11	34
April	26.2		16	42	34	17
May	23.5		29	27	9	15
June	35.9		25	46	38	28
July	37.0		35	52	44	17
August	23.9		33	25	33	8
September	18.9		17	20	26	23
October	14.8		13	7	20	17
November	12.3		19	6	9	12
December	11.6		4	16	8	25
Average	22.9	33.3	20.9	25.7	20.8	19.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.5	8	7	7	7	7
February	7.2	7	7	9	6	9
March	7.6	6	6	7	7	9
April	7.7		6	8	8	9
May	7.3		6	8	7	7
June	8.1		6	8	8	9
July	8.8		7	8	8	11
August	7.0		7	6	7	7
September	6.7		6	7	7	7
October	7.0		7	6	7	7
November	6.9		7	7	7	6
December	6.9		7	6	6	7
Average	7.3	6.9	6.6	7.3	7.0	7.9

5th highest wind speed of Madagascar

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	204°	089°	172°	117°	174°
February	178°	178°	200°	127°	190°
March	193°	163°	180°	178°	196°
April		177°	196°	204°	198°
May		192°	207°	195°	192°
June		203°	212°	210°	208°
July		209°	194°	205°	206°
August		187°	176°	177°	179°
September		155°	172°	161°	170°
October		067°	096°	116°	133°
November		142°	077°	079°	111°
December		130°	121°	131°	150°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.