Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In February its highs average 28.0°C, 3.2°C cooler than Toliara, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 27.0°C; Toliara is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in FebruaryMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in FebruaryMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Antsirabe in FebruaryMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 325 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in FebruaryMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 284 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in FebruaryMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Antananarivo in FebruaryMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Toamasina in FebruaryMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 324 mm rain
- Mahajanga in FebruaryMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 315 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.