Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In December its highs average 27.8°C, 3.9°C cooler than Toliara, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.6°C; Toliara is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 210 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in DecemberMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in DecemberMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 209 mm rain
- Antsirabe in DecemberMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 333 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in DecemberMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in DecemberMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Antananarivo in DecemberMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Toamasina in DecemberMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Mahajanga in DecemberMadagascar · 893 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 Toliara) is explained once on the Toliara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.