Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 4.2°C cooler than Toliara, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 3rd of 12 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 24.9°C; Toliara is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to 4.8 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in MayMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in MayMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Antsirabe in MayMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in MayMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in MayMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Antananarivo in MayMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Toamasina in MayMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 201 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MayMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.4 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.