Alarobia weather in August

In August, Alarobia sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 12 mm of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Alarobia's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alarobia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 3.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:13 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Alarobia reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	10
2	18	10
3	18	10
4	18	10
5	18	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

Alarobia weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 17°	335	24.1	13	4.4
Feb	25° / 17°	279	22.2	12.6	4.4
Mar	25° / 17°	191	19.5	12.1	5.3
Apr	23° / 15°	54	12.1	11.6	6.5
May	21° / 13°	27	6.7	11.1	7.0
Jun	19° / 11°	15	4.9	10.9	6.8
Jul	18° / 10°	16	5.2	11	6.5
Aug	19° / 10°	12	3.6	11.4	7.1
Sep	21° / 11°	14	3.7	11.9	7.7
Oct	24° / 13°	45	7.5	12.4	7.5
Nov	25° / 15°	117	13	12.9	6.3
Dec	26° / 16°	243	19	13.1	5.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	55	55	54	55	54	53	53	52	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	57	56	55	55	54	54	53	52	51	50	50	49	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	45	45	46	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Alarobia gets around 12 mm of rain over 3.6 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 12% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	15
5	15
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	11
21	11
22	11
23	11
24	11
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
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16	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:37 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01
Sunset (PM)	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:21	5:29
2	11.1	6:21	5:29
3	11.2	6:20	5:30
4	11.2	6:20	5:30
5	11.2	6:19	5:30
6	11.2	6:19	5:31
7	11.2	6:18	5:31
8	11.2	6:18	5:31
9	11.2	6:17	5:32
10	11.3	6:16	5:32
11	11.3	6:16	5:32
12	11.3	6:15	5:33
13	11.3	6:15	5:33
14	11.3	6:14	5:33
15	11.3	6:13	5:33
16	11.4	6:13	5:34
17	11.4	6:12	5:34
18	11.4	6:11	5:34
19	11.4	6:11	5:34
20	11.4	6:10	5:35
21	11.4	6:09	5:35
22	11.4	6:08	5:35
23	11.5	6:08	5:35
24	11.5	6:07	5:36
25	11.5	6:06	5:36
26	11.5	6:05	5:36
27	11.5	6:04	5:36
28	11.6	6:04	5:37
29	11.6	6:03	5:37
30	11.6	6:02	5:37
31	11.6	6:01	5:37

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 4.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Alarobia

In seasonPeak

None of Alarobia's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Alarobia's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Alarobia?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Alarobia for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Alarobia in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Alarobia sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 4 days see rain.

UV index in Alarobia in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alarobia peaks around February 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	16	14	11	9	7	8	10	12	13	13	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Alarobia in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alarobia is worst in October — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.3× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	8	9	11	15	14	13	13	17	41	36	11
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	15	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Alarobia?

Alarobia sits at 19.0°S, 47.7°E, 1,389 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Manjakandriana, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Alarobia

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alarobia.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alarobia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m around an average of 1,395 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 549 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,070 m.

The land around Alarobia is covered by cropland (41%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (39%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) within 80 km.

3 km

318 m

cropland 41%

16 km

549 m

grassland 39%

80 km

2,070 m

grassland 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Alarobia year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Manjakandriana 9.0 km · Antananarivo 22 km · Ankazondandy 30 km · Ambohitrolomahitsy 30 km · Ivato 32 km · Ambohidratrimo 36 km · Sadabe 37 km · Imerintsiatosika 44 km

Madagascar travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $599; 2025
Happiness: 4.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 22%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 29.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 457
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alarobia (-18.9667°, 47.7333°, elevation 1,389 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	10
2	18	10
3	18	10
4	18	10
5	18	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	15
5	15
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	11
21	11
22	11
23	11
24	11
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	10
2	18	10
3	18	10
4	18	10
5	18	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	15
5	15
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	11
21	11
22	11
23	11
24	11
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	10
2	18	10
3	18	10
4	18	10
5	18	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	15
5	15
6	14
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	11
18	11
19	11
20	11
21	11
22	11
23	11
24	11
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5