Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in August.
A warm, very dry 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 Toliara: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 4.6°C cooler than Toliara, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 23.4°C; Toliara is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.7 mm to 4.4 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in AugustMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in AugustMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Antsirabe in AugustMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in AugustMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in AugustMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Antananarivo in AugustMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Toamasina in AugustMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AugustMadagascar · 893 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 Toliara) is explained once on the Toliara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.