Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In April its highs average 26.1°C, 4.4°C cooler than Toliara, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Toliara is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 6.7 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Toliara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.413 h |
| February | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 133 | 14.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 63 | 8.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 6.7 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| June | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 10.711 h |
| July | 26.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 10.811 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.7 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| September | 29.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.4 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 31.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.213 h |
| December | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 79 | 11.5 | 13.514 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
April in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in AprilMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AprilMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Antsirabe in AprilMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AprilMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AprilMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AprilMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Toamasina in AprilMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AprilMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 43 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 Toliara) is explained once on the Toliara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.