Amboasary weather in January

In January, Amboasary sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 124 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Amboasary's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amboasary's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:22 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
56%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Amboasary is human settlement in Anosy Region, Madagascar.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Amboasary reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Amboasary

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amboasary weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°1241413.43.6
Feb32° / 23°10312.112.94.0
Mar31° / 22°6310.412.24.5
Apr30° / 20°367.411.45.8
May27° / 18°195.210.87.6
Jun26° / 16°133.510.58.4
Jul25° / 15°123.110.68.6
Aug27° / 15°112.711.18.3
Sep29° / 17°122.911.87.0
Oct31° / 19°215.112.65.5
Nov32° / 20°346.913.24.6
Dec32° / 22°7112.913.53.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26040
36139
46040
56040
65941
75941
85842
95842
105842
115743
125644
135644
145644
155545
165446
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265545
275644
285644
295743
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Amboasary gets around 124 mm of rain over 14 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
146
245
345
445
545
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844
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1244
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1445
1546
1646
1747
1847
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2147
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2446
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2646
2745
2845
2945
3045
3145

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 93% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12649430
21650430
31650430
41650430
51650430
61651420
71650421
81650421
91650421
101649421
112649421
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:12 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:126:44
213.55:126:44
313.55:136:44
413.55:146:44
513.55:146:45
613.55:156:45
713.55:166:45
813.55:166:45
913.55:176:45
1013.55:186:45
1113.55:186:46
1213.45:196:46
1313.45:206:46
1413.45:206:46
1513.45:216:46
1613.45:226:46
1713.45:236:46
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1913.45:246:46
2013.35:256:45
2113.35:256:45
2213.35:266:45
2313.35:276:45
2413.35:286:45
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2613.35:296:44
2713.25:306:44
2813.25:316:44
2913.25:316:44
3013.25:326:43
3113.25:336:43

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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36.7Intense
46.7Intense
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256.3Intense
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276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Amboasary

In seasonPeak

In January, Amboasary sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Amboasary's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Amboasary?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amboasary.

What to pack for Amboasary in January

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

In January, Amboasary sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Amboasary in January

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 26°C and coldest in August near 22°C.

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

20°22°24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr25Warm
May24Warm
Jun23Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct23Refreshing
Nov24Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Amboasary in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amboasary peaks around January 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 20UV 14Jun 20UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep8Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Amboasary?

Amboasary sits at 25.0°S, 46.4°E, 22 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Ambovombe, 34 km away.

JafaroTsiombeBelohaBekilyAmpanihyBetroka

Topography around Amboasary

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amboasary has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,959 m.

The land around Amboasary is covered by shrubs (38%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), cropland (23%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (27%), shrubs (21%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
540 m
80 km
1,959 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Ambovombe 34 km · Tôlanaro 60 km · Jafaro 88 km · Tsiombe 95 km · Beloha 135 km · Bekily 141 km · Ampanihy 169 km · Betroka 199 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 Amboasary (-25.0333°, 46.3833°, elevation 22 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).