Climate averages 1991–2020
Tôlanaro weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tôlanaro: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toliara (385 km away). In October its highs average 30.8°C, 5.0°C warmer than Tôlanaro, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Tôlanaro ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Tôlanaro is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Toliara in OctoberMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in OctoberMadagascar · 398 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Antsirabe in OctoberMadagascar · 575 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in OctoberMadagascar · 599 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in OctoberMadagascar · 674 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Antananarivo in OctoberMadagascar · 683 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Toamasina in OctoberMadagascar · 805 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Mahajanga in OctoberMadagascar · 1038 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 17 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.