Antananarivo weather in February

In February, Antananarivo sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 248 mm of rain across 20 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Antananarivo's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Antananarivo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 248 mm; 20 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:45 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Antananarivo is capital and largest city of Madagascar.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 32 µg/m³ · 2020
Founded: 1625

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical February day in Antananarivo reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Antananarivo weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	287	22.1	13	4.7
Feb	25° / 17°	248	20	12.6	4.8
Mar	25° / 17°	143	15.4	12.1	5.8
Apr	24° / 15°	32	7	11.6	7.5
May	23° / 13°	12	2.4	11.1	8.1
Jun	20° / 11°	4	0.7	10.9	7.8
Jul	19° / 10°	5	1	11	7.6
Aug	21° / 10°	3	0.7	11.4	8.1
Sep	23° / 11°	5	1.1	11.9	8.6
Oct	25° / 13°	27	4.8	12.4	7.9
Nov	27° / 15°	79	10.3	12.9	6.6
Dec	26° / 17°	181	17.5	13.1	5.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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
Clearer (%)	20	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Cloudier (%)	80	80	79	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Antananarivo gets around 248 mm of rain over 20 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 71% and peaks near 73% 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
Rain chance (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	69	69	68	67	66	65	64	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	71
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	69
23	68
24	67
25	66
26	65
27	64
28	63

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% 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
Comfortable (%)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17
Humid (%)	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	74	75	75	74	75
Muggy (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	75	11
2	14	75	11
3	14	75	11
4	15	74	11
5	15	74	11
6	15	74	11
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	74	11
10	15	74	11
11	15	74	11
12	15	74	11
13	15	74	11
14	15	74	11
15	15	74	11
16	15	74	11
17	15	74	11
18	15	74	11
19	15	74	11
20	15	74	11
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	75	10
24	16	74	10
25	16	75	9
26	16	75	9
27	17	74	9
28	17	75	8

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:38 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:16 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
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:38	6:29
2	12.8	5:39	6:28
3	12.8	5:39	6:28
4	12.8	5:40	6:28
5	12.8	5:40	6:28
6	12.8	5:41	6:27
7	12.8	5:41	6:27
8	12.7	5:42	6:27
9	12.7	5:42	6:26
10	12.7	5:43	6:26
11	12.7	5:43	6:25
12	12.7	5:44	6:25
13	12.7	5:44	6:25
14	12.7	5:45	6:24
15	12.6	5:45	6:24
16	12.6	5:46	6:23
17	12.6	5:46	6:23
18	12.6	5:47	6:22
19	12.6	5:47	6:22
20	12.6	5:48	6:21
21	12.5	5:48	6:20
22	12.5	5:48	6:20
23	12.5	5:49	6:19
24	12.5	5:49	6:19
25	12.5	5:50	6:18
26	12.5	5:50	6:17
27	12.4	5:50	6:17
28	12.4	5:51	6:16

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in November across the year — February's 5.35 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Antananarivo

In seasonPeak

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

Antananarivo'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 February a good time to visit Antananarivo?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Antananarivo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Antananarivo in February

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

In February, Antananarivo sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

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UV index in Antananarivo in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Antananarivo peaks around February 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 7 (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 Antananarivo in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Antananarivo is worst in October — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.7× the cleanest month (January, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Antananarivo's WHO annual average of 32 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	18	23	30	43	45	43	38	31	49	34	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	43	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	38	Poor
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Antananarivo?

Antananarivo sits at 18.9°S, 47.5°E, 1,274 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Ivato, 14 km away.

Topography around Antananarivo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Antananarivo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m around an average of 1,278 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,018 m.

The land around Antananarivo is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

181 m

artificial surfaces 76%

16 km

366 m

cropland 47%

80 km

2,018 m

grassland 62%

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← January Antananarivo year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ivato 14 km · Ambohidratrimo 15 km · Alarobia 22 km · Imerintsiatosika 24 km · Manjakandriana 28 km · Ambohitrolomahitsy 28 km · Ankazondandy 35 km · Sadabe 36 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 Antananarivo (-18.9137°, 47.5361°, elevation 1,274 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	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	25	17
22	25	17
23	25	17
24	25	17
25	25	17
26	25	17
27	25	17
28	25	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	71
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	69
23	68
24	67
25	66
26	65
27	64
28	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	75	11
2	14	75	11
3	14	75	11
4	15	74	11
5	15	74	11
6	15	74	11
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	74	11
10	15	74	11
11	15	74	11
12	15	74	11
13	15	74	11
14	15	74	11
15	15	74	11
16	15	74	11
17	15	74	11
18	15	74	11
19	15	74	11
20	15	74	11
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	75	10
24	16	74	10
25	16	75	9
26	16	75	9
27	17	74	9
28	17	75	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	71
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	69
23	68
24	67
25	66
26	65
27	64
28	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	75	11
2	14	75	11
3	14	75	11
4	15	74	11
5	15	74	11
6	15	74	11
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	74	11
10	15	74	11
11	15	74	11
12	15	74	11
13	15	74	11
14	15	74	11
15	15	74	11
16	15	74	11
17	15	74	11
18	15	74	11
19	15	74	11
20	15	74	11
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	75	10
24	16	74	10
25	16	75	9
26	16	75	9
27	17	74	9
28	17	75	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	72
9	72
10	72
11	72
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	71
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	69
23	68
24	67
25	66
26	65
27	64
28	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	75	11
2	14	75	11
3	14	75	11
4	15	74	11
5	15	74	11
6	15	74	11
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	74	11
10	15	74	11
11	15	74	11
12	15	74	11
13	15	74	11
14	15	74	11
15	15	74	11
16	15	74	11
17	15	74	11
18	15	74	11
19	15	74	11
20	15	74	11
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	75	10
24	16	74	10
25	16	75	9
26	16	75	9
27	17	74	9
28	17	75	8