Sitampiky weather in January

In January, Sitampiky sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 343 mm of rain across 27.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sitampiky's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sitampiky's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 343 mm; 27.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:38 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sitampiky reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	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)	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
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24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How January really feels in Sitampiky

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Sitampiky weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 23°	343	27.1	12.9	2.6
Feb	31° / 23°	249	24	12.6	2.7
Mar	32° / 23°	166	19.5	12.1	3.3
Apr	32° / 23°	34	6.7	11.6	4.4
May	32° / 21°	5	0.7	11.2	5.6
Jun	30° / 19°	1	0.1	11	6.9
Jul	29° / 18°	1	0.2	11.1	7.1
Aug	30° / 18°	1	0.2	11.4	6.5
Sep	32° / 20°	3	0.7	11.9	5.4
Oct	33° / 22°	22	4.8	12.4	4.0
Nov	34° / 24°	82	14.4	12.8	3.0
Dec	32° / 24°	180	22.2	13	2.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	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 (%)	24	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	20
Cloudier (%)	76	77	78	79	80	80	80	80	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sitampiky gets around 343 mm of rain over 27.1 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 87% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	91	91	91	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	82
6	82
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	84
11	84
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	92
27	92
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	89	90	89	89	90	89	90	89	89	88	88	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88
Miserable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	87	4
2	8	88	4
3	8	88	4
4	8	88	4
5	7	89	4
6	7	89	4
7	7	89	4
8	7	89	4
9	6	89	5
10	6	89	5
11	6	89	5
12	5	90	5
13	5	89	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	89	8
19	2	90	8
20	2	89	9
21	2	89	9
22	2	88	10
23	2	88	10
24	1	89	10
25	1	89	10
26	1	88	11
27	1	88	11
28	1	88	11
29	1	88	11
30	1	88	11
31	1	88	11

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:31 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)	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:29	6:28
2	13.0	5:30	6:28
3	13.0	5:31	6:29
4	13.0	5:31	6:29
5	13.0	5:32	6:29
6	13.0	5:32	6:30
7	13.0	5:33	6:30
8	12.9	5:33	6:30
9	12.9	5:34	6:30
10	12.9	5:35	6:31
11	12.9	5:35	6:31
12	12.9	5:36	6:31
13	12.9	5:36	6:31
14	12.9	5:37	6:31
15	12.9	5:37	6:32
16	12.9	5:38	6:32
17	12.9	5:39	6:32
18	12.9	5:39	6:32
19	12.9	5:40	6:32
20	12.9	5:40	6:32
21	12.9	5:41	6:32
22	12.8	5:42	6:32
23	12.8	5:42	6:32
24	12.8	5:43	6:32
25	12.8	5:43	6:32
26	12.8	5:44	6:32
27	12.8	5:44	6:32
28	12.8	5:45	6:32
29	12.8	5:45	6:32
30	12.8	5:46	6:32
31	12.7	5:46	6:31

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.09 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sitampiky

In seasonPeak

In January, Sitampiky sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sitampiky sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Sitampiky's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Sitampiky?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sitampiky.

What to pack for Sitampiky in January

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

In January, Sitampiky sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sitampiky in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sitampiky 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	14	11	9	7	8	9	12	13	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Sitampiky?

Sitampiky sits at 16.7°S, 46.1°E, 100 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Ambato Boeny, 69 km away.

Topography around Sitampiky

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sitampiky has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 716 m.

The land around Sitampiky is covered by grassland (43%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

144 m

grassland 43%

16 km

275 m

grassland 61%

80 km

716 m

grassland 72%

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← December Sitampiky year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Ambato Boeny 69 km · Maevatanana 84 km · Marovoay 85 km · Soalala 105 km · Mahajanga 108 km · Tsaratanana 166 km · Mampikony 177 km · Fenoarivo Be 203 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 Sitampiky (-16.6667°, 46.1°, elevation 100 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	32	24
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	82
6	82
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	84
11	84
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	92
27	92
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	87	4
2	8	88	4
3	8	88	4
4	8	88	4
5	7	89	4
6	7	89	4
7	7	89	4
8	7	89	4
9	6	89	5
10	6	89	5
11	6	89	5
12	5	90	5
13	5	89	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	89	8
19	2	90	8
20	2	89	9
21	2	89	9
22	2	88	10
23	2	88	10
24	1	89	10
25	1	89	10
26	1	88	11
27	1	88	11
28	1	88	11
29	1	88	11
30	1	88	11
31	1	88	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	82
6	82
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	84
11	84
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	92
27	92
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	87	4
2	8	88	4
3	8	88	4
4	8	88	4
5	7	89	4
6	7	89	4
7	7	89	4
8	7	89	4
9	6	89	5
10	6	89	5
11	6	89	5
12	5	90	5
13	5	89	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	89	8
19	2	90	8
20	2	89	9
21	2	89	9
22	2	88	10
23	2	88	10
24	1	89	10
25	1	89	10
26	1	88	11
27	1	88	11
28	1	88	11
29	1	88	11
30	1	88	11
31	1	88	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	21	79
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	81
5	82
6	82
7	83
8	83
9	83
10	84
11	84
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	87
17	87
18	88
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	91
26	92
27	92
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	9	87	4
2	8	88	4
3	8	88	4
4	8	88	4
5	7	89	4
6	7	89	4
7	7	89	4
8	7	89	4
9	6	89	5
10	6	89	5
11	6	89	5
12	5	90	5
13	5	89	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	89	8
19	2	90	8
20	2	89	9
21	2	89	9
22	2	88	10
23	2	88	10
24	1	89	10
25	1	89	10
26	1	88	11
27	1	88	11
28	1	88	11
29	1	88	11
30	1	88	11
31	1	88	11