Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 3.0°C cooler than Toliara, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 27.1°C; Toliara is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in JanuaryMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in JanuaryMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 287 mm rain
- Antsirabe in JanuaryMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 379 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in JanuaryMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 344 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JanuaryMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JanuaryMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 287 mm rain
- Toamasina in JanuaryMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 305 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JanuaryMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 431 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.