Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In October its highs average 25.7°C, 5.0°C cooler than Toliara, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Toliara is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in OctoberMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in OctoberMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Antsirabe in OctoberMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in OctoberMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in OctoberMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Antananarivo in OctoberMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Toamasina in OctoberMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Mahajanga in OctoberMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 17 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.