Andilamena weather in December

In December, Andilamena sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 187 mm of rain across 16.7 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-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 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Andilamena's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Andilamena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 187 mm; 16.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:12 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical December day in Andilamena reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 31°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Andilamena weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	301	23.9	12.9	4.2
Feb	27° / 19°	268	21.7	12.6	4.3
Mar	27° / 19°	177	18.6	12.1	5.1
Apr	26° / 18°	37	9	11.6	6.7
May	24° / 16°	20	4.8	11.2	7.6
Jun	22° / 14°	11	3.8	11	7.3
Jul	21° / 13°	14	4.2	11.1	7.1
Aug	21° / 13°	11	3.7	11.4	7.3
Sep	23° / 13°	7	2.5	11.9	8.0
Oct	25° / 15°	22	3.9	12.4	7.9
Nov	27° / 17°	53	8.1	12.8	6.7
Dec	28° / 19°	187	16.7	13	5.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. Skies tend to cloud over 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	31
Clearer (%)	41	40	40	39	39	38	37	37	37	35	34	34	33	32	30	30	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	25	23	22	21	21	20	19
Cloudier (%)	59	60	60	61	61	62	63	63	63	65	66	66	67	68	70	70	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	75	77	78	79	79	80	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	25	75
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Andilamena gets around 187 mm of rain over 16.7 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 55% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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	31
Rain chance (%)	39	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48	49	50	52	53	55	56	57	58	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	66	67	68	69	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	52
14	53
15	55
16	56
17	57
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	62
24	63
25	64
26	66
27	67
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	70

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% 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	31
Comfortable (%)	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	55	54	54	52	51	50	48	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	35	34	33	32
Muggy (%)	25	26	27	28	29	30	32	33	35	36	38	40	42	44	45	47	48	50	51	51	53	54	56	57	58	60	61	63	64	65	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	57	25
2	17	57	26
3	16	57	27
4	15	57	28
5	14	57	29
6	13	57	30
7	12	56	32
8	12	55	33
9	11	54	35
10	10	54	36
11	10	52	38
12	9	51	40
13	9	50	42
14	8	48	44
15	7	47	45
16	7	46	47
17	6	45	48
18	6	45	50
19	5	44	51
20	5	44	51
21	4	43	53
22	4	42	54
23	3	41	56
24	3	40	57
25	3	39	58
26	2	38	60
27	2	37	61
28	2	35	63
29	2	34	64
30	2	33	65
31	2	32	66

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:19 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)	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:07	6:04
2	12.9	5:07	6:04
3	13.0	5:08	6:05
4	13.0	5:08	6:05
5	13.0	5:08	6:06
6	13.0	5:08	6:07
7	13.0	5:09	6:07
8	13.0	5:09	6:08
9	13.0	5:09	6:08
10	13.0	5:09	6:09
11	13.0	5:10	6:09
12	13.0	5:10	6:10
13	13.0	5:10	6:11
14	13.0	5:11	6:11
15	13.0	5:11	6:12
16	13.0	5:12	6:12
17	13.0	5:12	6:13
18	13.0	5:12	6:13
19	13.0	5:13	6:14
20	13.0	5:13	6:14
21	13.0	5:14	6:15
22	13.0	5:14	6:15
23	13.0	5:15	6:16
24	13.0	5:15	6:16
25	13.0	5:16	6:17
26	13.0	5:16	6:17
27	13.0	5:17	6:17
28	13.0	5:17	6:18
29	13.0	5:18	6:18
30	13.0	5:18	6:19
31	13.0	5:19	6:19

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in November across the year — December's 5.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Andilamena

In seasonPeak

In December, Andilamena sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Andilamena?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Andilamena for sightseeing.

What to pack for Andilamena in December

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

In December, Andilamena sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Andilamena in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Andilamena peaks around February 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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	Very 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	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Andilamena in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Andilamena is worst in November — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.4× the cleanest month (January, 6 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)	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	8	22	43	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	7	Good
Aug	7	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Andilamena?

Andilamena sits at 17.0°S, 48.6°E, 933 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Imerimandroso, 47 km away.

Topography around Andilamena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Andilamena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 924 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,524 m.

The land around Andilamena is covered by cropland (54%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

cropland 54%

16 km

514 m

grassland 70%

80 km

1,524 m

grassland 58%

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← November Andilamena year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Imerimandroso 47 km · Vohibinany 62 km · Ambodimanga II 69 km · Amparafaravola 74 km · Vavatenina 84 km · Ambatondrazaka 93 km · Fenoarivo Atsinanana 98 km · Tsaratanana 101 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 Andilamena (-17.0101°, 48.5731°, elevation 933 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	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	25	75
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	52
14	53
15	55
16	56
17	57
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	62
24	63
25	64
26	66
27	67
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	57	25
2	17	57	26
3	16	57	27
4	15	57	28
5	14	57	29
6	13	57	30
7	12	56	32
8	12	55	33
9	11	54	35
10	10	54	36
11	10	52	38
12	9	51	40
13	9	50	42
14	8	48	44
15	7	47	45
16	7	46	47
17	6	45	48
18	6	45	50
19	5	44	51
20	5	44	51
21	4	43	53
22	4	42	54
23	3	41	56
24	3	40	57
25	3	39	58
26	2	38	60
27	2	37	61
28	2	35	63
29	2	34	64
30	2	33	65
31	2	32	66

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	25	75
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	52
14	53
15	55
16	56
17	57
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	62
24	63
25	64
26	66
27	67
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	57	25
2	17	57	26
3	16	57	27
4	15	57	28
5	14	57	29
6	13	57	30
7	12	56	32
8	12	55	33
9	11	54	35
10	10	54	36
11	10	52	38
12	9	51	40
13	9	50	42
14	8	48	44
15	7	47	45
16	7	46	47
17	6	45	48
18	6	45	50
19	5	44	51
20	5	44	51
21	4	43	53
22	4	42	54
23	3	41	56
24	3	40	57
25	3	39	58
26	2	38	60
27	2	37	61
28	2	35	63
29	2	34	64
30	2	33	65
31	2	32	66

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	25	75
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	20	80
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	40
4	41
5	42
6	43
7	44
8	45
9	46
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	52
14	53
15	55
16	56
17	57
18	58
19	59
20	60
21	60
22	61
23	62
24	63
25	64
26	66
27	67
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	57	25
2	17	57	26
3	16	57	27
4	15	57	28
5	14	57	29
6	13	57	30
7	12	56	32
8	12	55	33
9	11	54	35
10	10	54	36
11	10	52	38
12	9	51	40
13	9	50	42
14	8	48	44
15	7	47	45
16	7	46	47
17	6	45	48
18	6	45	50
19	5	44	51
20	5	44	51
21	4	43	53
22	4	42	54
23	3	41	56
24	3	40	57
25	3	39	58
26	2	38	60
27	2	37	61
28	2	35	63
29	2	34	64
30	2	33	65
31	2	32	66