Ambanja weather in July

In July, Ambanja sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 38 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of July to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ambanja's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ambanja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
38 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:14 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
40%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Ambanja is city and commune of Madagascar.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ambanja reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Ambanja

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ambanja weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°52129.912.72.8
Feb29° / 22°44026.812.52.8
Mar30° / 22°35628.712.12.9
Apr30° / 21°14921.711.73.8
May29° / 20°5312.511.45.6
Jun28° / 19°329.611.26.7
Jul28° / 18°3811.111.36.6
Aug28° / 18°5315.211.56.0
Sep28° / 19°6316.611.95.1
Oct29° / 21°10219.912.34.5
Nov29° / 22°19024.612.63.6
Dec29° / 22°35229.612.82.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ambanja gets around 38 mm of rain over 11.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 29% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1660340
2761320
3762310
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Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of July to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Ambanja

In seasonPeak

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

Ambanja sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

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

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Ambanja?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Ambanja for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ambanja in July

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

In July, Ambanja sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ambanja in July

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Ambanja in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ambanja peaks around February 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 15Jun 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ambanja in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ambanja is worst in November — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateNov 1223 µg/m³Jul 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May6Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug6Good
Sep12Good
Oct20Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ambanja?

Ambanja sits at 13.7°S, 48.5°E, 20 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Hell-Ville, 36 km away.

BealananaAntsohihyAndapa

Topography around Ambanja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ambanja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 552 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,861 m.

The land around Ambanja is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), water (37%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
168 m
16 km
552 m
80 km
2,861 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
July weather nearby: Hell-Ville 36 km · Ambarakaraka 49 km · Maromandia 73 km · Antsohimbondrona 78 km · Ambilobe 83 km · Bealanana 102 km · Antsohihy 144 km · Andapa 169 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
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar/Malagasy Lutheran Church/Anglican Church 34%Roman Catholic 32%none 22%other Christian 8%

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 Ambanja (-13.669°, 48.453°, elevation 20 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).