Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Toliara: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In July its highs average 22.4°C, 4.4°C cooler than Toliara, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 22.4°C; Toliara is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 3.7 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in JulyMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in JulyMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Antsirabe in JulyMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in JulyMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in JulyMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Antananarivo in JulyMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Toamasina in JulyMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JulyMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.7°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.