Sambava Weather in August
Sambava in August
The short of it: Sambava in August averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 175 mm (6.9 in) of rain and about 11 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 18° · rain 175 mm · daylight 11 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Sambava an average August high of 27°, a low of 18° and some 175 mm of rain. Sambava's coldest stretch of the year, 27° by day and 18° by night. Wet spells are common — about 175 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 38 min in mid-August, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Sambava runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Ambodivoara, 21 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Sambava, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmbodivoaraSava | 21 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 157 mm |
| AmpahanaSava | 54 km S | 26° | 19° | 187 mm |
| AndapaSava | 70 km SW | 25° | 16° | 108 mm |
| AntalahaSava | 71 km S | 26° | 19° | 193 mm |
| Iharan̈aSava | 104 km N | 28° | 20° | 75 mm |
| AntakotakoAnalanjirofo | 123 km SSW | 25° | 18° | 215 mm |
| MaroantsetraAnalanjirofo | 138 km SSW | 25° | 17° | 216 mm |
| BealananaSofia | 156 km WSW | 24° | 11° | 13 mm |