Faratsiho weather in July

In July, Faratsiho sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Faratsiho's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Faratsiho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 1.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:30 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Faratsiho reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°C cooler than August.

	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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Avg low (°C)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Faratsiho weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 14°	473	26.1	13	4.1
Feb	23° / 14°	416	22.5	12.7	4.4
Mar	23° / 14°	260	20	12.1	5.2
Apr	22° / 12°	92	13	11.6	6.4
May	20° / 10°	24	5	11.1	7.3
Jun	19° / 7°	8	1.7	10.9	7.6
Jul	18° / 6°	8	1.8	10.9	7.5
Aug	20° / 7°	8	2.3	11.3	7.9
Sep	22° / 9°	13	2.9	11.9	8.2
Oct	24° / 11°	93	11	12.4	7.0
Nov	23° / 13°	229	17.8	12.9	5.6
Dec	23° / 14°	407	23.6	13.1	4.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	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 (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	79
Cloudier (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Faratsiho gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.8 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

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

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, 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)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:30 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:31 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)	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:30	5:21
2	10.8	6:30	5:21
3	10.9	6:30	5:21
4	10.9	6:30	5:22
5	10.9	6:30	5:22
6	10.9	6:31	5:22
7	10.9	6:31	5:23
8	10.9	6:31	5:23
9	10.9	6:30	5:23
10	10.9	6:30	5:24
11	10.9	6:30	5:24
12	10.9	6:30	5:24
13	10.9	6:30	5:25
14	10.9	6:30	5:25
15	10.9	6:30	5:25
16	10.9	6:30	5:26
17	10.9	6:30	5:26
18	11.0	6:29	5:27
19	11.0	6:29	5:27
20	11.0	6:29	5:27
21	11.0	6:29	5:28
22	11.0	6:29	5:28
23	11.0	6:28	5:28
24	11.0	6:28	5:29
25	11.0	6:28	5:29
26	11.0	6:27	5:29
27	11.0	6:27	5:30
28	11.1	6:27	5:30
29	11.1	6:26	5:31
30	11.1	6:26	5:31
31	11.1	6:25	5:31

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Faratsiho

In seasonPeak

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

Faratsiho's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Faratsiho?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Faratsiho for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Faratsiho in July

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

In July, Faratsiho sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

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UV index in Faratsiho in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Faratsiho peaks around February 12 at about 17 (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	17	14	11	9	7	8	10	12	13	14	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	17	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	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Faratsiho in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Faratsiho is worst in October — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.3× 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	8	12	16	24	23	22	20	17	31	18	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	12	Good
Apr	16	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Faratsiho?

Faratsiho sits at 19.4°S, 47.0°E, 1,729 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Miandrarivo, 21 km away.

Topography around Faratsiho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Faratsiho has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m around an average of 1,780 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 943 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,934 m.

The land around Faratsiho is covered by cropland (55%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

410 m

cropland 55%

16 km

943 m

grassland 47%

80 km

1,934 m

grassland 59%

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← June Faratsiho year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Miandrarivo 21 km · Soavinandriana 35 km · Antanifotsy 47 km · Ambatolampy 49 km · Arivonimamo 49 km · Betafo 49 km · Antsirabe 53 km · Imerintsiatosika 60 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 Faratsiho (-19.4°, 46.95°, elevation 1,729 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	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	6
12	18	6
13	18	6
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	6
20	18	6
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	19	7
31	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100