Climate and average weather in Bealanana

In Bealanana, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to early November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bealanana typically varies from 11°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 30°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bealanana for warm-weather activities is from late April to early November.

Hottest
Nov
27°
Coldest
Jul
11°
Wettest
Jan
412 mm
Driest
Jul
5 mm
Rain / yr
1544 mm
134 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,097 m
14.5°S
Clearest
Sep
39% cloud

Bealanana 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 April to early November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bealanana, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Bealanana stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 27°C and low of 16°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 11°C and high of 21°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in October.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2617
Feb2517
Mar2616
Apr2615
May2414
Jun2212
Jul2111
Aug2211
Sep2412
Oct2614
Nov2716
Dec2716

Average hourly temperature in Bealanana

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 November afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 11°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bealanana weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 17°41226.812.83.9
Feb25° / 17°36924.712.53.9
Mar26° / 16°27821.912.14.7
Apr26° / 15°6611.411.76.5
May24° / 14°184.711.38.0
Jun22° / 12°61.611.28.1
Jul21° / 11°51.511.27.9
Aug22° / 11°6111.58.2
Sep24° / 12°5111.98.7
Oct26° / 14°335.112.37.7
Nov27° / 16°9611.312.76.3
Dec27° / 16°25122.512.84.6

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bealanana gets about 1544 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around Nov 16 to Apr 17, peaking in January at about 89% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 2.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 412 mm over about 27 wet days; July is the driest, with 5 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 29 · 89%Jul 2 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8627
Feb8825
Mar7022
Apr3811
May155
Jun52
Jul42
Aug41
Sep41
Oct165
Nov3811
Dec7223

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bealanana collects about 1544 mm of rain across 134 wet days — roughly 129 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 412 mm, while July is the driest at just 5 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 69% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec412369278661865653396251
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan41227
Feb36925
Mar27822
Apr6611
May185
Jun62
Jul52
Aug61
Sep51
Oct335
Nov9611
Dec25123

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bealanana, 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 12 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around November 18. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 76% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 19 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around April 11. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 27 · 80%Jan 25 · 8%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan991
Feb1189
Mar2377
Apr5248
May6832
Jun6337
Jul5941
Aug6733
Sep7624
Oct7426
Nov5149
Dec2377

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 14, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around June 14, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.85:316:18
Feb12.55:456:14
Mar12.15:525:58
Apr11.75:555:35
May11.36:015:21
Jun11.26:115:20
Jul11.26:145:27
Aug11.56:045:34
Sep11.95:425:37
Oct12.35:205:40
Nov12.75:105:51
Dec12.85:156:07

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bealanana averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.9 months, from around Apr 21 to Nov 16. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 0 sunny days — about 97% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightSep 2417 daysJan 160 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May12Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug13Mixed
Sep15Bright
Oct15Bright
Nov8Mixed
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 Bealanana, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around November 23 to May 2. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 96% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 3 to November 22, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 7 · 100%Feb 18 · 4%muggycomfortabledryhumidhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan097813
Feb047818
Mar0117613
Apr234632
May2258200
Jun653310
Jul871200
Aug91900
Sep881200
Oct643050
Nov3141271
Dec427636

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bealanana is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Apr 26 to Oct 20. The windiest month is July, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 21 to Apr 25, with December the calmest month at about 5 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 19 · 10 km/hDec 22 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar6calm
Apr7calm
May8calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep9calm
Oct7calm
Nov6calm
Dec5calm

Hazard calendar for Bealanana

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Bealanana'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

Best time to visit Bealanana

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bealanana throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early May, Bealanana is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Bealanana for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early November, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 18 · 8.8

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.0fair
Feb3.9fair
Mar4.7fair
Apr6.5good
May8.0ideal
Jun8.1ideal
Jul7.9ideal
Aug8.2ideal
Sep8.6ideal
Oct7.7ideal
Nov6.2good
Dec4.6fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bealanana for hot-weather activities run from late April to early June and again from late August to late November, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 27 · 7.8

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 Bealanana, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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.

For a warm-season trip around November (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 21°C), pack a light layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In November, Bealanana sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bealanana by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Bealanana peaks around February 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 10UV 16Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Bealanana

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 February 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan97
Feb97
Mar8.56.5
Apr86
May75
Jun74.5
Jul74.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep86
Oct8.56.5
Nov8.57
Dec97

Air quality in Bealanana by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bealanana is worst in October — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateOct 2323 µg/m³Jul 115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb6Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May6Good
Jun5Good
Jul5Good
Aug8Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bealanana is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Bealanana banks about 3,407 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around December.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan342
Feb307
Mar343
Apr315
May278
Jun205
Jul182
Aug199
Sep236
Oct308
Nov341
Dec353

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.

Bealanana receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.2 and 6.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around Aug 24 to Dec 26. The brightest month is October, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 4.3 kWh/m² — roughly 35% less than the October peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseOct 306.8 kWhJun 184.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb4.9Bright
Mar5.1Bright
Apr5.2Bright
May4.8Bright
Jun4.3Bright
Jul4.3Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep6.1Intense
Oct6.7Intense
Nov6.5Intense
Dec5.7Bright

Where is Bealanana?

Bealanana sits at 14.5°S, 48.7°E, 1,097 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Maromandia, 80 km away.

AntsohihyAndapaAmbanjaAmbarakarakaHell-VilleMaroantsetra

Topography around Bealanana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bealanana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 1,077 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,861 m.

The land around Bealanana is covered by grassland (44%) and cropland (43%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
836 m
80 km
2,861 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Maromandia 80 km · Befandriana 82 km · Antsohihy 90 km · Andapa 98 km · Ambanja 102 km · Ambarakaraka 117 km · Hell-Ville 138 km · Maroantsetra 145 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 Bealanana (-14.5433°, 48.7498°, elevation 1,097 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).