Antananarivo climate

Antananarivo Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Antananarivo, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 13°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 mm over about 19 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Antananarivo, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
81 mm
Record high
32°CMay 13, 1988
Record low
4°CMay 31, 2004
Daylight
11 h 25 min to 11 h 05 min
Cloud cover
45%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
May 122°C13°C28°C 200111°C 199468%
May 221°C13°C29°C 202112°C 199067%
May 321°C13°C28°C 202412°C 198767%
May 421°C13°C28°C 199111°C 198466%
May 521°C13°C28°C 201010°C 198867%
May 621°C13°C28°C 199011°C 200069%
May 721°C12°C27°C 198310°C 198469%
May 821°C12°C27°C 202111°C 200969%
May 921°C12°C27°C 19839°C 197568%
May 1021°C12°C29°C 19839°C 198567%
May 1121°C12°C30°C 200310°C 199966%
May 1221°C12°C28°C 201910°C 201764%
May 1320°C12°C32°C 198810°C 201263%
May 1420°C12°C29°C 20188°C 199261%
May 1520°C12°C28°C 20189°C 199260%
May 1620°C12°C30°C 19979°C 201459%
May 1720°C12°C27°C 20208°C 198859%
May 1820°C12°C27°C 20149°C 198858%
May 1920°C12°C27°C 20238°C 198857%
May 2020°C11°C29°C 199410°C 197956%
May 2120°C11°C29°C 20039°C 197954%
May 2220°C11°C28°C 19937°C 198554%
May 2320°C11°C28°C 19936°C 198054%
May 2420°C11°C30°C 19848°C 198753%
May 2520°C11°C27°C 19946°C 198052%
May 2620°C11°C28°C 20117°C 198053%
May 2720°C11°C27°C 20107°C 199153%
May 2820°C11°C28°C 20109°C 198353%
May 2920°C11°C28°C 20037°C 198754%
May 3020°C11°C27°C 20206°C 198855%
May 3119°C11°C27°C 20204°C 200457%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Antananarivo, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

May 1
sunrise 6:04 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 5:20 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station MA000067083, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.