Toliara climate

Name: Toliara
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Toliara is warmest in December, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. January is the wettest month (199 mm) and July the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Toliara averages 556 mm of rain and 351 days above 25 °C.

Madagascar · population 178,725 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month December 32 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month January 199 mm
Least cloud July 10 % cloud
Hottest on record February 37 °C
Coldest on record July 13 °C
Warmest sea February 29 °C

What to expectToliara through the year

Toliara has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 32 °C in December, a swing of 6.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 351 days a year reach 25 °C, 175 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 199 mm against 3 mm in July — 57 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Toliara is warmest in February at 29 °C and coldest in August at 24 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.1 °C	199 mm	50 %
February	31.1 °C	132 mm	46 %
March	31.4 °C	60 mm	33 %
April	30.4 °C	21 mm	24 %
May	28.6 °C	7 mm	18 %
June	27.2 °C	5 mm	12 %
July	26.7 °C	3 mm	10 %
August	27.7 °C	4 mm	12 %
September	29.4 °C	6 mm	12 %
October	30.6 °C	11 mm	20 %
November	31.4 °C	32 mm	28 %
December	31.6 °C	76 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.1 °C	24.8 °C	27.6 °C	37.0 °C	19.7 °C	31	22
February	31.1 °C	24.8 °C	27.6 °C	37.4 °C	20.2 °C	28	20
March	31.4 °C	24.3 °C	27.5 °C	36.9 °C	20.1 °C	31	25
April	30.4 °C	22.5 °C	26.1 °C	35.9 °C	17.2 °C	30	18
May	28.6 °C	20.2 °C	24.0 °C	33.5 °C	15.3 °C	30	7
June	27.2 °C	18.3 °C	22.3 °C	32.2 °C	13.9 °C	26	1
July	26.7 °C	17.4 °C	21.6 °C	31.2 °C	13.4 °C	26	0
August	27.7 °C	17.9 °C	22.4 °C	32.4 °C	13.6 °C	28	2
September	29.4 °C	19.2 °C	23.9 °C	34.9 °C	14.9 °C	29	12
October	30.6 °C	21.1 °C	25.4 °C	37.0 °C	15.4 °C	31	20
November	31.4 °C	22.6 °C	26.6 °C	36.6 °C	16.4 °C	30	23
December	31.6 °C	24.1 °C	27.5 °C	36.2 °C	18.8 °C	31	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	199 mm	18	13 h/day	50 %	76 %	18 km/h	29.0 °C
February	132 mm	14	13 h/day	46 %	76 %	17 km/h	29.3 °C
March	60 mm	8	12 h/day	33 %	72 %	18 km/h	29.0 °C
April	21 mm	4	12 h/day	24 %	69 %	19 km/h	27.7 °C
May	7 mm	2	11 h/day	18 %	67 %	18 km/h	26.3 °C
June	5 mm	1	11 h/day	12 %	65 %	18 km/h	25.0 °C
July	3 mm	1	11 h/day	10 %	63 %	19 km/h	24.2 °C
August	4 mm	1	11 h/day	12 %	63 %	19 km/h	24.1 °C
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	12 %	63 %	21 km/h	24.5 °C
October	11 mm	2	13 h/day	20 %	66 %	21 km/h	25.5 °C
November	32 mm	5	13 h/day	28 %	67 %	21 km/h	26.6 °C
December	76 mm	11	14 h/day	37 %	71 %	19 km/h	27.9 °C

Where Toliara ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	2ndof 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	2ndof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in May	2ndof 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in May	2ndof 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	3rdof 50	100/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	3rdof 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Toliara.

QuestionsCommon questions about Toliara’s climate

When is the best time to visit Toliara?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, December is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Toliara get?

In December, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 175 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Toliara?

January, averaging 199 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 556 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Toliara rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.