Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In March its highs average 27.6°C, 3.9°C cooler than Toliara, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 26.9°C; Toliara is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in MarchMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in MarchMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Antsirabe in MarchMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MarchMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MarchMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MarchMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 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.