Climate averages 1991–2020
Tôlanaro weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Tôlanaro: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toliara (385 km away). In December its highs average 31.7°C, 3.9°C warmer than Tôlanaro, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Tôlanaro ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.6°C; Tôlanaro is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 173 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Toliara in DecemberMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in DecemberMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 209 mm rain
- Antsirabe in DecemberMadagascar · 575 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 333 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in DecemberMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in DecemberMadagascar · 674 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Antananarivo in DecemberMadagascar · 683 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Toamasina in DecemberMadagascar · 805 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Mahajanga in DecemberMadagascar · 1038 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 205 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.