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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
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Africa > Madagascar > Antananarivo
When to go to Antananarivo ( Madagascar ) ?
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| january | 7 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 32 | 299 | 21 |  |
| february | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 33 | 278 | 20 | |
| march | 7 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 30 | 177 | 17 |  |
| april | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 32 | 52 | 11 |  |
| may | 7 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 9 | |
| june | 7 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | |
| july | 7 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 10 |  |
| august | 7 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 9 | |
| september | 9 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 7 |  |
| october | 9 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 60 | 9 | |
| november | 8 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 33 | 134 | 13 | |
| december | 6 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 34 | 286 | 20 | |
How to read the charts
For example: In january, you will get 7 hours of average sunlight in Antananarivo and the overall temperature will vary between 11 and 34 (Celcius) in this area of Madagascar. Usually you shouldn't see more than 21 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Africa.
What to do in Antananarivo : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Located 1200 meters of altitude, and surrounded by twelve hills, Antananarivo is the capital of Madagascar. It has about a million and half people. Meaning "city of a thousand ', his name has several interpretations: what it is, you'll discover anyway thousand attractions, and many treasures. Starting with its climate, very mild because of its location.
The city is divided into five main areas: Analakely center of the lower city, Tsaralalana to the west, where you find hotels and restaurants in abundance, Antaninarenina, uptown, Isoraka between the two, with the Palace Queen and other ancient monuments, and Lake Anosy south.
One of the celebrities of the city is its market, its Zoma, who has long been the longest in the world market, and is now separated into several parts. You will also appreciate its cobbled streets, on the slopes which are constructed of colorful houses with wooden balconies, and countless stairs that give picturesque city.
You can also admire the Palace of Justice, instead of Andohalo, and the door Ambavahadimitafo, the only one of seven gates of the old walled city that is still standing.
