Soalala weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇬 Madagascar · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Soalala is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with May and June close behind. Soalala averages about 3,214 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

3,214

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

96/100

Rain / year

1,519 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

15k

Elevation

40 m

When is the best time to visit Soalala?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Soalala is August, then May and June. The dullest month is November (68/100, 125 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Soalala?

Soalala is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,214 hours of sunshine a year. August (96/100) is noticeably better than November (68). It ranks #7 of 16 destinations in Madagascar for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,157 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 1,519 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 366 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
• Antananarivo Madagascar · 375 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
• Moroni Comoros · 556 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
• Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 1,196 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
• Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,225 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,286 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Mahajanga Madagascar · 117 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Besalampy Madagascar · 118 km · 3,187 h sun/yr · best in May
• Tambohorano Madagascar · 212 km · 3,434 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Tsaratanana Madagascar · 252 km · 3,338 h sun/yr · best in Aug