Sunset Madagascar

Sunrise and sunset in Madagascar

Sunrise today: 6:22 h
Sunset today: 17:28 h
(Times for Antananarivo)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Madagascar are caused by the southern position in the hemisphere. Not that far in the south, but quite noticable the longest days are in winter months, while the shortest days fall into our summer. In the northern hemisphere it is vice versa. Antananarivo is positioned near the 19 southern latitude. For comparison: New York's latitude is 40th in the north, having a much longer distance to the equator.

With up to 13:20 hours the longest days are in Dezember. In Juni a night in Antananarivo lasts almost 13 hours.

In these days the sun in Antananarivo rises at 6:22. The early sunset at 17:28 makes the day currently a bit too short.


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Average length of daylight in Antananarivo

Average length of daylight in Antananarivo
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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Madagascar

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun course. Since the orbit of the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for July 12th., localtime in Madagascar

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Mananara06:08 am05:24 pm11:16 h
Soanierana Ivongo06:10 am05:24 pm11:14 h
Toamasina06:13 am05:22 pm11:10 h
Antsiranana06:03 am05:33 pm11:30 h
Vavatenina06:12 am05:24 pm11:12 h
Ambilobe06:06 am05:32 pm11:27 h
Mahanoro06:18 am05:22 pm11:03 h
Nosy Varika06:21 am05:21 pm11:01 h
Ambatondrazaka06:16 am05:27 pm11:11 h
Amparafaravola06:17 am05:28 pm11:11 h
Antananarivo06:22 am05:28 pm11:07 h
Antanifotsy06:24 am05:28 pm11:04 h
Fianarantsoa06:28 am05:26 pm10:58 h
Antsirabe06:25 am05:29 pm11:03 h
Fort Dauphin06:35 am05:19 pm10:44 h
Faratsiho06:25 am05:30 pm11:05 h
Soavinandriana06:25 am05:31 pm11:06 h
Mahajanga06:21 am05:39 pm11:18 h
Ambovombe06:39 am05:23 pm10:44 h
Toliara06:45 am05:36 pm10:51 h


Sunrise and sunset by month (Antananarivo)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Januar05:23 am06:34 pm13:11 h
Februar05:41 am06:26 pm12:45 h
März05:51 am06:05 pm12:15 h
April05:58 am05:40 pm11:42 h
Mai06:08 am05:24 pm11:16 h
Juni06:19 am05:21 pm11:02 h
Juli06:21 am05:30 pm11:08 h
August06:08 am05:39 pm11:31 h
September05:44 am05:45 pm12:02 h
Oktober05:18 am05:52 pm12:34 h
November05:03 am06:06 pm13:03 h
Dezember05:06 am06:24 pm13:18 h

International cities for comparison

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)04:56 am09:27 pm16:31 h
New York (USA)05:34 am08:29 pm14:55 h
Sydney (Australia)06:57 am05:04 pm10:06 h
Manila (Philippines)05:32 am06:30 pm12:58 h
Moscow (Russia)04:00 am09:10 pm17:10 h
Shanghai (China)04:57 am07:01 pm14:04 h
Helsinki (Finland)04:14 am10:37 pm18:23 h