Antananarivo weather in June

In June, Antananarivo sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of June to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Antananarivo's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Antananarivo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
11th warmest
Overnight low
11°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
6:24 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover
49%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
3.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
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.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical June day in Antananarivo reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 1°C warmer than July.

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Antananarivo weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 17°28722.1134.7
Feb25° / 17°2482012.64.8
Mar25° / 17°14315.412.15.8
Apr24° / 15°32711.67.5
May23° / 13°122.411.18.1
Jun20° / 11°40.710.97.8
Jul19° / 10°51117.6
Aug21° / 10°30.711.48.1
Sep23° / 11°51.111.98.6
Oct25° / 13°274.812.47.9
Nov27° / 15°7910.312.96.6
Dec26° / 17°18117.513.15.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36436
46436
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86337
96238
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Antananarivo gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
17822
28020
38119
48317
58515
68614
78812
88911
99010
10919
11928
12937
13937
14946
15946
16946
17955
18955
19955
20955
21955
22955
23964
24964
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27973
28973
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Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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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811calm
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1012calm
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1212calm
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1612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of June to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:195:16
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510.96:205:16
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 3.8 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

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 — June's 3.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Moderate
34.0Moderate
44.0Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
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93.9Moderate
103.9Moderate
113.9Moderate
123.8Moderate
133.8Moderate
143.8Moderate
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183.7Moderate
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273.7Moderate
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Antananarivo

In seasonPeak

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

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 June a good time to visit Antananarivo?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Antananarivo for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Antananarivo in June

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

In June, Antananarivo sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Antananarivo in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeFeb 11UV 16Jun 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Antananarivo in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June 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.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorPoorModerateOct 1747 µg/m³Jan 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May43Poor
Jun45Poor
Jul43Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep31Moderate
Oct49Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec17Moderate
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
16 km
366 m
80 km
2,018 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June 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
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 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).