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Satellite view of Plage d’ Amborovy; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Plage d’ Amborovy

MadagascarMadagascar · Mozambique Channel

-15.6333, 46.3333 · Mahajanga, 9 km

  • 30°Sea · March
  • 30°High · October
  • 10.5 hSunshine · September
The dot marks Plage d’ Amborovy. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage d’ Amborovy in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 10.5 hSunshine a day
  • 5 daysRainy days in the month27 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 23Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 4 kmAirport: Amborovy Airport (MJN)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 27.7 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMarch and April30 °C
Most sunshineSeptember and October10 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September10 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°6 h470 mm
  2. Feb29°7 h280 mm
  3. Mar30°8 h204 mm
  4. Apr30°9 h70 mm
  5. May28°9 h18 mm
  6. Jun27°9 h15 mm
  7. Jul26°9 h18 mm
  8. Aug25°10 h10 mm
  9. Sep26°10 h11 mm
  10. Oct27°10 h27 mm
  11. Nov28°9 h108 mm
  12. Dec29°8 h225 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 30°Apr: 30°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 25°Sep: 26°Oct: 27°Nov: 28°Dec: 29°30°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
22°25°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Feb: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Mar: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Apr: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)May: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Jun: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)Jul: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)Aug: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 22°)Sep: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Oct: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Nov: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Dec: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 470 mm470Feb: 280 mmMar: 204 mmApr: 70 mmMay: 18 mmJun: 15 mmJul: 18 mmAug: 10 mm10Sep: 11 mmOct: 27 mmNov: 108 mmDec: 225 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.2 h6.2Feb: 6.9 hMar: 8.2 hApr: 9.3 hMay: 9.4 hJun: 9.3 hJul: 9.4 hAug: 10.0 hSep: 10.5 h10.5Oct: 10.5 h10.5Nov: 9.4 hDec: 7.8 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plage d’ Amborovy: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage d’ Amborovy: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January292729470306.216
February292729280266.914
Marchwarmest sea292730204248.214
April30263070129.314
May2924281839.416
June2822271549.319
July2821261849.419
August29222510310.019
September29232611210.518
October30242727510.517
November302628108159.415
December302729225247.814

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER17 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20205 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.117 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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