Climate and average weather in Moramanga

In Moramanga, the summers are humid, warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: early August to late November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Moramanga typically varies from 12°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 10°C or above 30°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Moramanga for warm-weather activities are from late April to late June and early August to late November.

Hottest
Jan
27°
Coldest
Jul
12°
Wettest
Jan
340 mm
Driest
Sep
39 mm
Rain / yr
1697 mm
213 wet days
Daylight
10.9–13.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
913 m
18.9°S
Clearest
Sep
58% cloud

Moramanga 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 early August to late November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 5.2 months, from October 30 to April 6, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Moramanga is January, with an average high of 27°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 2.7 months, from June 9 to August 30, with daily high temperatures below 21°C. The coldest month of the year in Moramanga is July, with an average low of 12°C and high of 19°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2719
Feb2619
Mar2618
Apr2517
May2315
Jun2013
Jul1912
Aug2012
Sep2213
Oct2415
Nov2616
Dec2718

Average hourly temperature in Moramanga

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 January afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 12°C.

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

Moramanga 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
Jan27° / 19°34026.9133.9
Feb26° / 19°31524.612.63.9
Mar26° / 18°26925.112.14.3
Apr25° / 17°9719.411.65.2
May23° / 15°6816.111.15.7
Jun20° / 13°5113.610.95.6
Jul19° / 12°5615.6115.3
Aug20° / 12°441311.45.8
Sep22° / 13°3911.411.96.4
Oct24° / 15°6311.612.46.7
Nov26° / 16°11214.512.95.9
Dec27° / 18°24521.613.14.6

Chance of rain

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

Moramanga gets about 1697 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from around Nov 30 to Apr 24, peaking in February at about 88% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 30.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 340 mm over about 27 wet days; September is the driest, with 39 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 7 · 88%Sep 30 · 33%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8627
Feb8725
Mar8125
Apr6519
May5116
Jun4614
Jul5016
Aug4213
Sep3811
Oct3812
Nov4815
Dec7122

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Moramanga collects about 1697 mm of rain across 213 wet days — roughly 141 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 340 mm, while September is the driest at just 39 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 54% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec34031526997685156443963112245
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan34027
Feb31525
Mar26925
Apr9719
May6816
Jun5114
Jul5616
Aug4413
Sep3911
Oct6312
Nov11215
Dec24522

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Moramanga, 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 July 31 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around November 25. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 43% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 26 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around April 13. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 87% 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 25 · 45%Feb 16 · 13%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1486
Feb1387
Mar1981
Apr3070
May3367
Jun3169
Jul2773
Aug3466
Sep4258
Oct4357
Nov3466
Dec1981

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 January 1, brings about 13 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around June 1, only 10 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.05:266:27
Feb12.65:426:21
Mar12.15:536:01
Apr11.66:005:34
May11.16:105:17
Jun10.96:215:13
Jul11.06:245:22
Aug11.46:115:32
Sep11.95:455:38
Oct12.45:195:45
Nov12.95:056:00
Dec13.15:096:17

Sunny days

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

Moramanga averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around Jul 26 to Nov 26. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 8 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is January, down near 1 sunny days — about 87% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 229 daysJan 141 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr4Gloomy
May5Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep8Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov5Gloomy
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 Moramanga, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around October 29 to May 18. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 19 to October 28, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 16 · 99%Jan 8 · 0%muggycomfortablehumiddryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan0024751
Feb0020792
Mar0127711
Apr0757360
May3355840
Jun23641300
Jul4651200
Aug4553200
Sep27621100
Oct8513650
Nov22256200
Dec0442540

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.

Wind in Moramanga is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeJul 12 · 9 km/hDec 14 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr7calm
May7calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Moramanga

In seasonPeak

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

Moramanga'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 Moramanga

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid November, Moramanga is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 times of year to visit Moramanga for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late June and again from early August to late November, with a peak score in the first week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 2 · 6.8

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
Jan3.9fair
Feb3.9fair
Mar4.3fair
Apr5.2fair
May5.8good
Jun5.6good
Jul5.3fair
Aug5.8good
Sep6.4good
Oct6.6good
Nov5.9good
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 Moramanga for hot-weather activities run from mid April to early May and again from late September to mid December, with a peak score in the first week of November.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 6 · 5.8

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 Moramanga, 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 January (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 19°C), pack rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Moramanga sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Moramanga 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 Moramanga peaks around February 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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 12UV 16Jun 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Moramanga

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
Mar86.5
Apr7.55.5
May6.54
Jun62.5
Jul63.5
Aug74.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct86
Nov8.56.5
Dec97

Air quality in Moramanga 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 Moramanga is worst in October — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.3× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateOct 2240 µg/m³Jan 217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr11Good
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct41Poor
Nov36Poor
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Moramanga 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. Moramanga banks about 3,471 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan391
Feb350
Mar373
Apr322
May272
Jun193
Jul169
Aug184
Sep216
Oct285
Nov333
Dec382

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.

Moramanga receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.0 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Sep 7 to Mar 28. The brightest month is November, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 50% less than the November peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseNov 136.2 kWhJun 223.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb4.9Bright
Mar4.7Bright
Apr4.2Bright
May3.5Moderate
Jun3.0Moderate
Jul3.1Moderate
Aug3.9Moderate
Sep4.9Bright
Oct5.7Bright
Nov6.2Intense
Dec5.8Bright

Where is Moramanga?

Moramanga sits at 18.9°S, 48.2°E, 913 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Manjakandriana, 45 km away.

Topography around Moramanga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moramanga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m around an average of 930 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,790 m.

The land around Moramanga is covered by grassland (37%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
155 m
16 km
399 m
80 km
1,790 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Manjakandriana 45 km · Alarobia 52 km · Ankazondandy 55 km · Ambohitrolomahitsy 64 km · Sadabe 66 km · Anjozorobe 72 km · Antananarivo 73 km · Ivato 80 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 Moramanga (-18.9495°, 48.2301°, elevation 913 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).