Ihosy weather in July

In July, Ihosy sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of July to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ihosy's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ihosy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:39 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; 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 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ihosy reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 25°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Ihosy weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	225	18.3	13.2	4.7
Feb	28° / 19°	145	14.7	12.8	5.3
Mar	28° / 19°	89	11.9	12.2	6.1
Apr	27° / 17°	34	5.8	11.5	7.4
May	25° / 15°	12	2.5	10.9	8.5
Jun	23° / 13°	5	1.1	10.7	8.7
Jul	22° / 12°	7	1.2	10.8	8.5
Aug	24° / 12°	3	0.7	11.2	9.1
Sep	26° / 14°	5	1.3	11.9	8.7
Oct	28° / 16°	34	5.2	12.5	7.1
Nov	29° / 18°	76	9	13.1	5.7
Dec	29° / 19°	173	16.4	13.3	4.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% 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 (%)	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ihosy gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in July. 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 5% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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

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 77% 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 (%)	73	75	77	78	79	80	82	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	78	77	76	76	74	74	73	73	73	74	74	75	76	77	77	78
Comfortable (%)	26	24	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	22	21
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	75	24	1
3	77	22	1
4	78	21	1
5	79	20	1
6	80	19	1
7	82	18	0
8	82	18	0
9	82	18	0
10	82	18	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	80	20	0
14	80	20	0
15	79	21	0
16	78	22	0
17	77	23	0
18	76	24	0
19	76	24	0
20	74	25	1
21	74	25	1
22	73	26	1
23	73	26	1
24	73	26	1
25	74	25	1
26	74	25	1
27	75	24	1
28	76	23	1
29	77	22	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	11	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of July to 10 h 54 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 6:40 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:30 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)	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33
Sunset (PM)	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	6:40	5:18
2	10.6	6:40	5:18
3	10.7	6:40	5:19
4	10.7	6:40	5:19
5	10.7	6:40	5:19
6	10.7	6:40	5:20
7	10.7	6:40	5:20
8	10.7	6:40	5:21
9	10.7	6:40	5:21
10	10.7	6:39	5:21
11	10.7	6:39	5:22
12	10.7	6:39	5:22
13	10.7	6:39	5:22
14	10.7	6:39	5:23
15	10.7	6:39	5:23
16	10.8	6:39	5:24
17	10.8	6:38	5:24
18	10.8	6:38	5:24
19	10.8	6:38	5:25
20	10.8	6:38	5:25
21	10.8	6:37	5:26
22	10.8	6:37	5:26
23	10.8	6:37	5:27
24	10.8	6:36	5:27
25	10.9	6:36	5:27
26	10.9	6:36	5:28
27	10.9	6:35	5:28
28	10.9	6:35	5:29
29	10.9	6:34	5:29
30	10.9	6:34	5:30
31	10.9	6:33	5:30

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 4.07 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Ihosy

In seasonPeak

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

Ihosy's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Ihosy?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ihosy in July

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

In July, Ihosy sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Ihosy in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Ihosy peaks around February 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 6 (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)	15	17	13	10	7	6	7	8	9	12	13	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Ihosy 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 Ihosy is worst in October — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.6× the cleanest month (January, 3 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)	3	3	3	4	7	6	8	12	15	18	14	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	3	Good
Feb	3	Good
Mar	3	Good
Apr	4	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ihosy?

Ihosy sits at 22.4°S, 46.1°E, 733 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Ivohibe, 78 km away.

Topography around Ihosy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ihosy has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 763 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,163 m.

The land around Ihosy is covered by grassland (66%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

357 m

grassland 66%

16 km

591 m

grassland 85%

80 km

2,163 m

grassland 94%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Ivohibe 78 km · Betroka 96 km · Ambalavao 105 km · Vondrozo 127 km · Beroroha 128 km · Fianarantsoa 145 km · Ikongo 147 km · Ikalamavony 147 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 Ihosy (-22.4029°, 46.1258°, elevation 733 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	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	23	12

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	75	24	1
3	77	22	1
4	78	21	1
5	79	20	1
6	80	19	1
7	82	18	0
8	82	18	0
9	82	18	0
10	82	18	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	80	20	0
14	80	20	0
15	79	21	0
16	78	22	0
17	77	23	0
18	76	24	0
19	76	24	0
20	74	25	1
21	74	25	1
22	73	26	1
23	73	26	1
24	73	26	1
25	74	25	1
26	74	25	1
27	75	24	1
28	76	23	1
29	77	22	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	75	24	1
3	77	22	1
4	78	21	1
5	79	20	1
6	80	19	1
7	82	18	0
8	82	18	0
9	82	18	0
10	82	18	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	80	20	0
14	80	20	0
15	79	21	0
16	78	22	0
17	77	23	0
18	76	24	0
19	76	24	0
20	74	25	1
21	74	25	1
22	73	26	1
23	73	26	1
24	73	26	1
25	74	25	1
26	74	25	1
27	75	24	1
28	76	23	1
29	77	22	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	75	24	1
3	77	22	1
4	78	21	1
5	79	20	1
6	80	19	1
7	82	18	0
8	82	18	0
9	82	18	0
10	82	18	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	80	20	0
14	80	20	0
15	79	21	0
16	78	22	0
17	77	23	0
18	76	24	0
19	76	24	0
20	74	25	1
21	74	25	1
22	73	26	1
23	73	26	1
24	73	26	1
25	74	25	1
26	74	25	1
27	75	24	1
28	76	23	1
29	77	22	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1