Climate Antsirabe Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sainte Marie Airport (FMMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.0	73	78	67	70	71
February	70.6	66	63	79	74	64
March	64.1	56	67	51	72	58
April	51.6	53	64	43	36	48
May	53.6		64	51	55	53
June	51.3			62	34	48
July	45.4		50	49	36	33
August	60.8		47	58	59	51
September	53.5		62	48	59	44
October	69.1		77	68	64	67
November	71.6		70	76	77	71
December	75.3		80	74	79	71
Average	61.4	62.8	67.7	61.6	64.6	58.9

6th 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	98.6	100	99	97	100	97
February	97.7	94	98	97	100	99
March	96.9	94	99	99	97	96
April	96.4	96	96	98	97	97
May	97.1		96	100	91	96
June	98.3			100	93	98
July	97.0		100	95	100	96
August	98.1		98	99	95	98
September	98.6		98	98	100	96
October	98.7		100	100	96	100
November	99.3		100	99	99	100
December	98.5		99	95	100	98
Average	96.7	96.0	98.6	98.0	98.0	97.5

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	30.3	30	31	30	30	30
February	29.9	29	29	31	30	30
March	30.0	29	31	29	30	30
April	28.8	29	30	28	27	29
May	27.6		28	27	29	27
June	25.8			25	25	26
July	24.6		25	25	24	24
August	25.3		26	25	25	25
September	25.8		27	25	26	25
October	27.6		28	27	27	28
November	29.0		29	29	30	29
December	30.3		30	30	31	29
Average	27.4	29.3	28.6	27.4	27.9	27.7

4th 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	25.9	27	25	26	26	26
February	25.9	26	25	27	26	26
March	25.6	26	26	25	26	25
April	25.3	26	25	25	25	25
May	24.0		25	24	26	24
June	22.6			22	22	23
July	21.1		23	21	22	19
August	21.5		22	21	22	20
September	22.2		23	22	22	22
October	23.4		24	23	23	25
November	24.7		25	24	25	25
December	25.9		26	25	26	26
Average	23.9	26.1	24.5	23.5	24.0	23.7

7th 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	5.2	3	5	10	1	10
February	5.6	3	8	7	4	4
March	8.7	9	4	18	6	11
April	10.0	9	14	8	20	7
May	8.1		11	9	0	5
June	13.7			15	21	9
July	10.8		11	6	11	33
August	5.0		7	4	9	1
September	3.3		2	3	5	6
October	1.2		0	0	5	0
November	2.1		4	1	2	3
December	2.1		0	2	2	7
Average	5.1	5.8	5.2	6.7	5.9	6.8

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	6.0	8	6	7	5	6
February	6.8	6	7	9	5	8
March	6.9	7	6	7	7	10
April	7.3	8	6	7	9	8
May	7.2		6	8	8	7
June	8.8			10	8	9
July	9.9		10	9	10	12
August	7.1		7	6	8	6
September	6.6		6	7	7	9
October	5.9		5	6	7	8
November	5.7		7	5	5	5
December	5.8		5	5	5	6
Average	6.6	7.1	6.1	7.1	6.4	7.5

4th 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	219°	114°	215°	166°	195°
February	195°	198°	221°	185°	203°
March	171°	202°	195°	210°	201°
April	206°	203°	197°	202°	188°
May		228°	220°	198°	203°
June			194°	198°	178°
July		207°	179°	188°	190°
August		196°	168°	177°	191°
September		161°	169°	146°	189°
October		119°	151°	156°	162°
November		174°	122°	138°	152°
December		176°	154°	148°	167°

Prevailing wind direction

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