Amparafaravola weather in April

In April, Amparafaravola sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 33 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Amparafaravola's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amparafaravola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:59 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

← March Amparafaravola year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Amparafaravola reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 2°C warmer than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17

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

Amparafaravola weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 20°	276	22.2	12.9	4.2
Feb	28° / 20°	231	20.4	12.6	4.4
Mar	28° / 20°	148	16.3	12.1	5.3
Apr	27° / 18°	33	6.2	11.6	7.0
May	25° / 16°	15	2.5	11.2	8.0
Jun	23° / 14°	6	1.1	11	8.2
Jul	22° / 13°	6	1.1	11.1	7.9
Aug	23° / 13°	3	0.7	11.4	8.3
Sep	25° / 14°	4	0.7	11.9	8.5
Oct	27° / 16°	17	3.2	12.4	7.7
Nov	29° / 18°	53	7.5	12.8	5.9
Dec	29° / 19°	155	15.6	13	4.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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
Clearer (%)	46	46	46	45	46	47	48	48	48	48	50	50	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	55	54	53	52	52	52	52	50	50	49	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Amparafaravola gets around 33 mm of rain over 6.2 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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
Rain chance (%)	37	35	34	33	31	30	29	28	27	25	24	23	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	35
3	34
4	33
5	31
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	27
10	25
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	21
16	20
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	17
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	10

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 35% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	16
Humid (%)	43	45	46	47	49	50	50	51	53	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	69	70	71
Muggy (%)	55	53	51	50	48	47	46	45	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	34	33	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	13

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	45	53
3	3	46	51
4	3	47	50
5	3	49	48
6	4	50	47
7	4	50	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	53	43
10	4	54	42
11	4	55	41
12	5	55	40
13	5	55	40
14	5	56	39
15	5	57	38
16	6	57	37
17	6	58	36
18	7	59	34
19	8	59	33
20	8	60	32
21	9	61	30
22	10	62	28
23	11	63	26
24	12	64	24
25	13	65	22
26	14	66	20
27	15	67	18
28	15	69	16
29	16	70	14
30	16	71	13

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
Wind speed (km/h)	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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
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7	10	calm
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14	10	calm
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16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
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24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:26 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
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:56	5:47
2	11.8	5:56	5:46
3	11.8	5:57	5:46
4	11.8	5:57	5:45
5	11.8	5:57	5:44
6	11.8	5:57	5:43
7	11.8	5:57	5:42
8	11.7	5:58	5:42
9	11.7	5:58	5:41
10	11.7	5:58	5:40
11	11.7	5:58	5:39
12	11.7	5:58	5:38
13	11.7	5:59	5:38
14	11.6	5:59	5:37
15	11.6	5:59	5:36
16	11.6	5:59	5:35
17	11.6	5:59	5:35
18	11.6	6:00	5:34
19	11.6	6:00	5:33
20	11.5	6:00	5:33
21	11.5	6:00	5:32
22	11.5	6:01	5:31
23	11.5	6:01	5:30
24	11.5	6:01	5:30
25	11.5	6:01	5:29
26	11.4	6:02	5:28
27	11.4	6:02	5:28
28	11.4	6:02	5:27
29	11.4	6:03	5:27
30	11.4	6:03	5:26

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 4.62 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Amparafaravola

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

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Dec

Is April a good time to visit Amparafaravola?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Amparafaravola for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Amparafaravola in April

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

In April, Amparafaravola sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Amparafaravola in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amparafaravola peaks around February 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 7 (very 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 Amparafaravola in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Amparafaravola is worst in November — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.2× the cleanest month (January, 5 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)	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	10	18	24	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	5	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	7	Good
Aug	8	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Amparafaravola?

Amparafaravola sits at 17.6°S, 48.2°E, 777 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Ambatondrazaka, 34 km away.

Topography around Amparafaravola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amparafaravola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 782 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,373 m.

The land around Amparafaravola is covered by cropland (63%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

137 m

cropland 63%

16 km

557 m

grassland 50%

80 km

1,373 m

grassland 70%

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← March Amparafaravola year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Ambatondrazaka 34 km · Imerimandroso 42 km · Didy 67 km · Andilamena 74 km · Vohibinany 90 km · Anjozorobe 98 km · Vavatenina 104 km · Ambodimanga II 106 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 Amparafaravola (-17.5876°, 48.2239°, elevation 777 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	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	26	17
30	26	17

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	35
3	34
4	33
5	31
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	27
10	25
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	21
16	20
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	17
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	45	53
3	3	46	51
4	3	47	50
5	3	49	48
6	4	50	47
7	4	50	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	53	43
10	4	54	42
11	4	55	41
12	5	55	40
13	5	55	40
14	5	56	39
15	5	57	38
16	6	57	37
17	6	58	36
18	7	59	34
19	8	59	33
20	8	60	32
21	9	61	30
22	10	62	28
23	11	63	26
24	12	64	24
25	13	65	22
26	14	66	20
27	15	67	18
28	15	69	16
29	16	70	14
30	16	71	13

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	35
3	34
4	33
5	31
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	27
10	25
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	21
16	20
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	17
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	45	53
3	3	46	51
4	3	47	50
5	3	49	48
6	4	50	47
7	4	50	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	53	43
10	4	54	42
11	4	55	41
12	5	55	40
13	5	55	40
14	5	56	39
15	5	57	38
16	6	57	37
17	6	58	36
18	7	59	34
19	8	59	33
20	8	60	32
21	9	61	30
22	10	62	28
23	11	63	26
24	12	64	24
25	13	65	22
26	14	66	20
27	15	67	18
28	15	69	16
29	16	70	14
30	16	71	13

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	35
3	34
4	33
5	31
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	27
10	25
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	21
16	20
17	19
18	19
19	18
20	17
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	45	53
3	3	46	51
4	3	47	50
5	3	49	48
6	4	50	47
7	4	50	46
8	4	51	45
9	4	53	43
10	4	54	42
11	4	55	41
12	5	55	40
13	5	55	40
14	5	56	39
15	5	57	38
16	6	57	37
17	6	58	36
18	7	59	34
19	8	59	33
20	8	60	32
21	9	61	30
22	10	62	28
23	11	63	26
24	12	64	24
25	13	65	22
26	14	66	20
27	15	67	18
28	15	69	16
29	16	70	14
30	16	71	13