Antsiranana
City in Madagascar: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Antsiranana Diego Suarez typical Arab-influenced architecture Madagascar: BelgianChocolate, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Antsiranana is a city in Madagascar, in Diana. About 136,959 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Madagascar in our atlas.
It lies at 12.32° S, 49.29° E, about 60 m (197 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Antananarivo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Antsiranana. Green dots: other major cities of Madagascar. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Antsiranana has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 20°C (67°F). Around 1,103 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Sambava · 236 km
- Antalaha · 306 km
- Mahajanga · 496 km
- Toamasina · 647 km
- Antananarivo · 757 km
- Imerintsiatosika · 770 km
- Antanifotsy · 842 km
- Antsirabe · 873 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1069129 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q218928 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Antsiranana Diego Suarez typical Arab-influenced architecture Madagascar: BelgianChocolate, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)