Climate averages 1991–2020
Tôlanaro weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Tôlanaro: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toliara (385 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 4.6°C warmer than Tôlanaro, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Tôlanaro ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 23.4°C; Tôlanaro is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tôlanaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 173 | 16.6 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 185 | 15.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 140 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.6 | 11.512 h |
| May | 24.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 74 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| June | 23.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 49 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 52 | 9.0 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 23.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 41 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 68 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 84 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 129 | 14.8 | 13.714 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Toliara in AugustMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AugustMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Antsirabe in AugustMadagascar · 575 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AugustMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AugustMadagascar · 674 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AugustMadagascar · 683 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Toamasina in AugustMadagascar · 805 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AugustMadagascar · 1038 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tôlanaro) is explained once on the Tôlanaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.