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Barometric pressure in Antsirabe

1022hPa
Steady

Taking each day as a whole, pressure has barely moved. From here it heads down until tomorrow afternoon.

Sea level reading, as of 18:00 local time. A barometer in Antsirabe itself reads about 861 hPa.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now17° / 13°17° / 13°21° / 12°24° / 11°25° / 13°25° / 13°25° / 13°25° / 13°25° / 11°24° / 12°24° / 13°17° / 11°18° / 10°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29102010251030
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Clear sky25° / 13°

low 1020 · high 1024 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky25° / 13°

low 1020 · high 1025 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky25° / 11°

low 1019 · high 1024 hPa

WedAug 26 +1 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Clear sky24° / 12°

low 1020 · high 1024 hPa

ThuAug 27 +4 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the afternoon.

Light drizzle24° / 13°

low 1020 · high 1028 hPa

FriAug 28 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle17° / 11°1.2 mm

low 1026 · high 1030 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Overcast18° / 10°

low 1026 · high 1030 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky13°1024
01:00Clear sky13°1023
02:00Clear sky13°1023
03:00Clear sky13°1022
04:00Clear sky13°1022
05:00Clear sky13°1023
06:00Clear sky13°1023
07:00Clear sky16°1023
08:00Clear sky19°1024
09:00Clear sky21°1024
10:00Clear sky22°1024
11:00Clear sky23°1023
12:00Clear sky24°1022
13:00Clear sky24°1021
14:00Mainly clear25°1021
15:00Mainly clear24°1020
16:00Mainly clear23°1020
17:00Clear sky20°1021
18:00Clear sky18°1022
19:00Clear sky17°1023
20:00Clear sky16°1023
21:00Clear sky15°1024
22:00Clear sky15°1024
23:00Clear sky15°1024

Biggest change: Thursday, up 4 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure bottoms out near 1020 hPa tomorrow afternoon, and rises after that.

The daily rhythm

Antsirabe has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 5 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Antsirabe sits 1483 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 161 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 861 hPa as of 18:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Antsirabe.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Wondering how clean the air is? See today's air quality in Antsirabe, on our sister site airindex.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Antsirabe, which stands 1483 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 161 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.