Climate and average weather in Anakao
In Anakao, the weather is humid, hot, wet, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around January.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Anakao typically varies from 17°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 36°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Anakao for warm-weather activities is from late May to early September.
- Hottest
- Mar
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 17°
- Wettest
- Jan
- 166 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 3 mm
- Rain / yr
- 447 mm
- 58 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.5–13.5 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 0 m
- 23.7°S
- Clearest
- Jul
- 10% cloud
Anakao weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early September.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Anakao, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Anakao stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 33°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 17°C and high of 27°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in September.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Avg low (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 25 |
| Feb | 33 | 25 |
| Mar | 33 | 25 |
| Apr | 32 | 23 |
| May | 29 | 20 |
| Jun | 28 | 18 |
| Jul | 27 | 17 |
| Aug | 28 | 18 |
| Sep | 30 | 19 |
| Oct | 31 | 21 |
| Nov | 32 | 23 |
| Dec | 33 | 24 |
How hot and cold Anakao really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Anakao feels like about 37°C (around January 30). About 175 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 35 |
| Air high (°C) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
| Air low (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 33 | 25 | 25 |
| Feb | 36 | 33 | 25 | 25 |
| Mar | 36 | 33 | 25 | 25 |
| Apr | 33 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| May | 29 | 29 | 20 | 20 |
| Jun | 28 | 28 | 18 | 18 |
| Jul | 27 | 27 | 17 | 17 |
| Aug | 28 | 28 | 18 | 18 |
| Sep | 30 | 30 | 19 | 19 |
| Oct | 31 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Nov | 33 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Dec | 35 | 33 | 24 | 24 |
Average hourly temperature in Anakao
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 17°C.
Anakao weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33° / 25° | 166 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 3.3 |
| Feb | 33° / 25° | 103 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 3.6 |
| Mar | 33° / 25° | 51 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 4.0 |
| Apr | 32° / 23° | 16 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 5.3 |
| May | 29° / 20° | 8 | 1.7 | 10.9 | 7.1 |
| Jun | 28° / 18° | 6 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 8.6 |
| Jul | 27° / 17° | 3 | 0.9 | 10.7 | 8.9 |
| Aug | 28° / 18° | 5 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 8.1 |
| Sep | 30° / 19° | 4 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 6.8 |
| Oct | 31° / 21° | 9 | 2 | 12.6 | 5.7 |
| Nov | 32° / 23° | 22 | 3.9 | 13.1 | 4.8 |
| Dec | 33° / 24° | 54 | 9 | 13.4 | 4.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Anakao gets about 447 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around Nov 20 to Mar 26, peaking in January at about 53% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 17.
January is the wettest month by volume, with 166 mm over about 16 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 49 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| Rain days | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 16 |
| Feb | 41 | 11 |
| Mar | 24 | 7 |
| Apr | 11 | 3 |
| May | 6 | 2 |
| Jun | 4 | 1 |
| Jul | 3 | 1 |
| Aug | 3 | 1 |
| Sep | 3 | 1 |
| Oct | 6 | 2 |
| Nov | 13 | 4 |
| Dec | 30 | 9 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Anakao collects about 447 mm of rain across 58 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 166 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 72% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 166 | 103 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 54 |
| Rain days | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 166 | 16 |
| Feb | 103 | 11 |
| Mar | 51 | 7 |
| Apr | 16 | 3 |
| May | 8 | 2 |
| Jun | 6 | 1 |
| Jul | 3 | 1 |
| Aug | 5 | 1 |
| Sep | 4 | 1 |
| Oct | 9 | 2 |
| Nov | 22 | 4 |
| Dec | 54 | 9 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Anakao, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around April 20 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around November 9. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 10 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around April 19. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 36% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 64 | 67 | 80 | 85 | 92 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 76 |
| Cloudier (%) | 36 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 36 |
| Feb | 67 | 33 |
| Mar | 80 | 20 |
| Apr | 85 | 15 |
| May | 92 | 8 |
| Jun | 97 | 3 |
| Jul | 99 | 1 |
| Aug | 98 | 2 |
| Sep | 96 | 4 |
| Oct | 90 | 10 |
| Nov | 84 | 16 |
| Dec | 76 | 24 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 16, brings about 13 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around June 16, only 10 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 3 hours.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:35 | 5:55 | 6:10 | 6:22 | 6:36 | 6:49 | 6:51 | 6:34 | 6:04 | 5:34 | 5:16 | 5:18 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:54 | 6:45 | 6:20 | 5:49 | 5:27 | 5:22 | 5:31 | 5:45 | 5:56 | 6:07 | 6:26 | 6:45 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.3 | 5:35 | 6:54 |
| Feb | 12.8 | 5:55 | 6:45 |
| Mar | 12.2 | 6:10 | 6:20 |
| Apr | 11.5 | 6:22 | 5:49 |
| May | 10.9 | 6:36 | 5:27 |
| Jun | 10.6 | 6:49 | 5:22 |
| Jul | 10.7 | 6:51 | 5:31 |
| Aug | 11.2 | 6:34 | 5:45 |
| Sep | 11.9 | 6:04 | 5:56 |
| Oct | 12.6 | 5:34 | 6:07 |
| Nov | 13.1 | 5:16 | 6:26 |
| Dec | 13.4 | 5:18 | 6:45 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Anakao averages about 23 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 29 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 6.9 months, from around Apr 18 to Nov 12. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is January, down near 14 sunny days — about 50% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 15 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 18 |
| Sky | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | Mixed |
| Feb | 14 | Bright |
| Mar | 20 | Bright |
| Apr | 23 | Brilliant |
| May | 26 | Brilliant |
| Jun | 27 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 29 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 29 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 27 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 26 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 22 | Bright |
| Dec | 18 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Anakao, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around October 11 to May 10. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 11 to October 10, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 85% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 2 |
| Humid (%) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 31 | 37 | 27 | 11 |
| Muggy (%) | 22 | 25 | 37 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 45 | 38 |
| Oppressive (%) | 58 | 57 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 47 |
| Miserable (%) | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 58 | 12 |
| Feb | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 57 | 12 |
| Mar | 0 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 4 |
| Apr | 3 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 17 | 0 |
| May | 12 | 28 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun | 28 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 43 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 37 | 42 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 27 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 10 | 19 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov | 3 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 16 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 1 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Anakao is steady company: average speeds sit near 14 km/h — light breeze — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | light breeze |
| Feb | 13 | light breeze |
| Mar | 13 | light breeze |
| Apr | 14 | light breeze |
| May | 14 | light breeze |
| Jun | 14 | light breeze |
| Jul | 15 | light breeze |
| Aug | 14 | light breeze |
| Sep | 15 | light breeze |
| Oct | 15 | light breeze |
| Nov | 14 | light breeze |
| Dec | 13 | light breeze |
Hazard calendar for Anakao
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Anakao sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.
Best time to visit Anakao
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Anakao throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late August, Anakao is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Anakao for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to early September, with a peak score in the second week of July.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| Rating | poor | fair | fair | fair | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | good | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.3 | poor |
| Feb | 3.6 | fair |
| Mar | 4.0 | fair |
| Apr | 5.3 | fair |
| May | 7.1 | good |
| Jun | 8.6 | ideal |
| Jul | 8.9 | ideal |
| Aug | 8.1 | ideal |
| Sep | 6.8 | good |
| Oct | 5.7 | good |
| Nov | 4.8 | fair |
| Dec | 4.0 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Anakao for hot-weather activities is from early April to late November, with a peak score in the last week of August.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Anakao, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Anakao packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.
In March, Anakao sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Anakao
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.
The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 |
| Comfort | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | Tropical |
| Feb | 29 | Tropical |
| Mar | 29 | Tropical |
| Apr | 28 | Warm |
| May | 26 | Warm |
| Jun | 25 | Warm |
| Jul | 24 | Warm |
| Aug | 24 | Warm |
| Sep | 25 | Warm |
| Oct | 25 | Warm |
| Nov | 27 | Warm |
| Dec | 28 | Warm |
UV index (midday) in Anakao by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Anakao peaks around January 24 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | High | High | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 14 | Extreme |
| Mar | 12 | Extreme |
| Apr | 9 | Very high |
| May | 7 | High |
| Jun | 5 | High |
| Jul | 6 | High |
| Aug | 7 | High |
| Sep | 8 | Very high |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 12 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Anakao
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 6 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| May | 6 | 2.5 |
| Jun | 5 | 0 |
| Jul | 5.5 | 0 |
| Aug | 6 | 2.5 |
| Sep | 7 | 4 |
| Oct | 8 | 5.5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6 |
| Dec | 9 | 7 |
Growing season
Anakao is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Anakao banks about 5,848 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 583 | 525 | 580 | 510 | 452 | 383 | 375 | 405 | 436 | 501 | 524 | 573 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 583 |
| Feb | 525 |
| Mar | 580 |
| Apr | 510 |
| May | 452 |
| Jun | 383 |
| Jul | 375 |
| Aug | 405 |
| Sep | 436 |
| Oct | 501 |
| Nov | 524 |
| Dec | 573 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Anakao receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.1 and 7.7 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Sep 7 to Mar 27. The brightest month is November, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 47% less than the November peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.9 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.6 | Intense |
| Mar | 6.2 | Intense |
| Apr | 5.4 | Bright |
| May | 4.5 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.1 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.3 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.2 | Bright |
| Sep | 6.3 | Intense |
| Oct | 7.2 | Intense |
| Nov | 7.7 | Intense |
| Dec | 7.6 | Intense |
Where is Anakao?
Anakao sits at 23.7°S, 43.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Toliara, 35 km away.
Topography around Anakao
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Anakao.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Anakao has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m.
The land around Anakao is covered by shrubs (45%) and water (45%) within 3 km, water (59%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and shrubs (47%) and water (34%) within 80 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 Anakao (-23.6667°, 43.65°, elevation 0 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).