Mahajanga
City in Madagascar: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Mahajanga Corniche: Da flow, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mahajanga is a city in Madagascar, in Boeny. About 260,556 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Madagascar in our atlas.
It lies at 15.72° S, 46.32° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Antananarivo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mahajanga. Green dots: other major cities of Madagascar. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mahajanga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 21°C (71°F). Around 1,458 mm (57 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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- Imerintsiatosika · 378 km
- Antananarivo · 378 km
- Toamasina · 426 km
- Antalaha · 433 km
- Sambava · 442 km
- Antanifotsy · 449 km
- Antsirabe · 467 km
- Antsiranana · 493 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1062663 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q218753 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Mahajanga Corniche: Da flow, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)