Climate averages 1991–2020
Toliara weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Toliara: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tôlanaro (385 km away). In September its highs average 24.6°C, 5.0°C cooler than Toliara, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Madagascar, Toliara ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 25.2°C; Toliara is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.4 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Tôlanaro in SeptemberMadagascar · 385 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Fianarantsoa in SeptemberMadagascar · 410 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Antsirabe in SeptemberMadagascar · 521 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Antanifotsy in SeptemberMadagascar · 558 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Imerintsiatosika in SeptemberMadagascar · 616 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Antananarivo in SeptemberMadagascar · 636 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Toamasina in SeptemberMadagascar · 831 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Mahajanga in SeptemberMadagascar · 893 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 2.8 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.