Africa
Madagascar
Capital Antananarivo · 26M people · Ariary
- Top cities
- 4.3MAntananarivo
- 78KToamasina
- 54KAntsirabe
- 220KMahajanga
- 203KFianarantsoa
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- ClimateWarm6–33°
Top cities
- Antananarivo4.3M residents
- Toamasina78K residents
- Antsirabe54K residents
- Mahajanga220K residents
- Fianarantsoa203K residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Madagascar
Ivato Airport is Madagascar's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Madagascar
Madagascar's passport ranks #76 worldwide — 54 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #7654 destinations
- GDP reach
- #1603.9% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #140152 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Madagascar
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Madagascar live, it's typically 6° to 33° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~353 days a year in Toliara.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Madagascar
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Madagascar.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Clean Air Seeker leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →