Sambava Weather in May
Sambava in May
The short of it: Sambava in May averages a high of 29 °C (85 °F) and a low of 21 °C (70 °F), with 163 mm (6.4 in) of rain and about 11 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 21° · rain 163 mm · daylight 11 h 28 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Sambava an average May high of 29°, a low of 21° and some 163 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 29°, nights near 21°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 163 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 28 min in mid-May, 20 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Sambava runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ambodivoara, 21 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Sambava, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 50 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmbodivoaraSava | 21 km WSW | 30° | 21° | 186 mm |
| AmpahanaSava | 54 km S | 29° | 21° | 224 mm |
| AndapaSava | 70 km SW | 29° | 18° | 170 mm |
| AntalahaSava | 71 km S | 29° | 21° | 242 mm |
| Iharan̈aSava | 104 km N | 30° | 23° | 71 mm |
| AntakotakoAnalanjirofo | 123 km SSW | 28° | 20° | 323 mm |
| MaroantsetraAnalanjirofo | 138 km SSW | 28° | 19° | 322 mm |
| BealananaSofia | 156 km WSW | 28° | 14° | 17 mm |