Climate and average weather in Vohipaho

In Vohipaho, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around January.

Best: mid May to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Vohipaho typically varies from 17°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 16°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 time of year to visit Vohipaho for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid November.

Hottest
Jan
28°
Coldest
Jul
17°
Wettest
Jan
357 mm
Driest
Sep
53 mm
Rain / yr
2060 mm
218 wet days
Daylight
10.5–13.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
14 m
23.6°S
Clearest
Jun
43% cloud

Vohipaho 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 mid May to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Vohipaho stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is January, with an average high of 28°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 17°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 5°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2824
Feb2824
Mar2823
Apr2622
May2520
Jun2318
Jul2317
Aug2318
Sep2419
Oct2620
Nov2722
Dec2823

Average hourly temperature in Vohipaho

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 28°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 17°C.

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

Vohipaho 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
Jan28° / 24°35725.713.33.8
Feb28° / 24°32023.312.83.8
Mar28° / 23°28524.312.24.3
Apr26° / 22°18721.111.55.0
May25° / 20°13518.510.95.8
Jun23° / 18°8613.510.66.6
Jul23° / 17°9914.910.76.3
Aug23° / 18°7213.811.26.6
Sep24° / 19°5310.611.97.0
Oct26° / 20°10313.312.66.4
Nov27° / 22°13516.313.15.5
Dec28° / 23°22822.713.44.4

Chance of rain

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

Vohipaho gets about 2060 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 5.8 months, from around Nov 22 to May 16, peaking in February at about 84% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 19.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 357 mm over about 26 wet days; September is the driest, with 53 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 25 · 84%Sep 19 · 33%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8226
Feb8423
Mar7924
Apr7021
May5919
Jun4514
Jul4815
Aug4414
Sep3611
Oct4213
Nov5516
Dec7323

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Vohipaho collects about 2060 mm of rain across 218 wet days — roughly 172 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 357 mm, while September is the driest at just 53 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec35732028518713586997253103135228
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan35726
Feb32023
Mar28524
Apr18721
May13519
Jun8614
Jul9915
Aug7214
Sep5311
Oct10313
Nov13516
Dec22823

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Vohipaho, 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 14 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around October 15. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 74% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 16 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around April 13. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 62% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 10 · 75%Jan 14 · 37%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3862
Feb4060
Mar4753
Apr5743
May6634
Jun7327
Jul7228
Aug7426
Sep6931
Oct5644
Nov4753
Dec3961

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 19, brings about 13 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around June 20, only 10 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 3 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.35:206:38
Feb12.85:406:29
Mar12.25:556:05
Apr11.56:075:34
May10.96:205:12
Jun10.66:345:07
Jul10.76:355:16
Aug11.26:195:29
Sep11.95:485:40
Oct12.65:185:52
Nov13.15:016:10
Dec13.45:036:29

Sunny days

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

Vohipaho averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Apr 24 to Oct 16. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 5 sunny days — about 66% fewer than the June peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightJun 615 daysDec 124 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr8Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul13Mixed
Aug14Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.9 months, from around September 27 to May 25. 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 26 to September 26, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 33% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 10 · 34%Jan 1 · 0%miserablemuggyhumidoppressivecomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan00198010
Feb00187812
Mar00313795
Apr01839510
May06236290
Jun320502700
Jul62759900
Aug420621400
Sep213503400
Oct16255990
Nov03848400
Dec00220743

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 Vohipaho is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around Aug 16 to Jan 21. The windiest month is October, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jan 22 to Aug 15, with May the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeOct 10 · 14 km/hMay 25 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug11calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for Vohipaho

In seasonPeak

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

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

Vohipaho's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Vohipaho

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Vohipaho 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 Vohipaho for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 17 · 7.1

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
Jan3.8fair
Feb3.8fair
Mar4.3fair
Apr5.0fair
May5.8good
Jun6.6good
Jul6.3good
Aug6.6good
Sep7.0good
Oct6.4good
Nov5.5good
Dec4.4fair

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 Vohipaho for hot-weather activities run from late April to late June and again from mid August to early December, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 22 · 6.2

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 Vohipaho, 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.

Vohipaho packs about the same all year — highs hold near 28°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Vohipaho sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Vohipaho

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in February at about 28°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar28Warm
Apr27Warm
May26Warm
Jun25Warm
Jul24Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep24Refreshing
Oct24Warm
Nov25Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in Vohipaho 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 Vohipaho peaks around February 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 11UV 15Jun 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug7Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Vohipaho

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 8.5 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
Feb8.57
Mar86
Apr6.54
May62
Jun50
Jul50
Aug63
Sep74
Oct7.55.5
Nov8.56
Dec97

Air quality in Vohipaho 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 Vohipaho is worst in November — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.0× the cleanest month (March, 4 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateNov 1320 µg/m³Mar 134 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb5Good
Mar4Good
Apr5Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug10Good
Sep11Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Vohipaho 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. Vohipaho banks about 4,820 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan493
Feb444
Mar476
Apr424
May382
Jun322
Jul308
Aug322
Sep345
Oct401
Nov426
Dec478

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.

Vohipaho receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.1 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Sep 9 to Mar 24. The brightest month is December, averaging about 5.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 45% less than the December peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 195.8 kWhJun 243.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.5Bright
Feb5.1Bright
Mar4.7Bright
Apr4.0Bright
May3.4Moderate
Jun3.1Moderate
Jul3.2Moderate
Aug3.9Moderate
Sep4.7Bright
Oct5.2Bright
Nov5.5Bright
Dec5.8Bright

Where is Vohipaho?

Vohipaho sits at 23.6°S, 47.5°E, 14 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Vangaindrano, 24 km away.

VondrozoFarafanganaIvohibeVohipenoBetrokaManakaraTôlanaro

Topography around Vohipaho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vohipaho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,948 m.

The land around Vohipaho is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), trees (30%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
253 m
80 km
1,948 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandwaterwetland
Nearby: Vangaindrano 24 km · Vondrozo 84 km · Farafangana 88 km · Ivohibe 134 km · Vohipeno 138 km · Betroka 148 km · Manakara 164 km · Tôlanaro 173 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 Vohipaho (-23.55°, 47.5°, elevation 14 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).