Toliara weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇬 Madagascar · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Toliara is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with August and June close behind. Toliara averages about 3,677 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,677
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 601 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 179k
- Elevation
- 6 m
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When is the best time to visit Toliara?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Toliara is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (65/100, 166 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Toliara?
Toliara is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,677 hours of sunshine a year. July (99/100) is noticeably better than January (65). Toliara is the sunniest of the 16 destinations tracked in Madagascar. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 601 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 166 mm | 13 | 31° / 88°F |
| February | 79 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 115 mm | 13 | 31° / 88°F |
| March | 86 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 74 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 27 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| May | 97 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 16 mm | 7 | 25° / 77°F |
| June | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 11 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 6 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 12 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 26 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 41 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| December | 74 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 100 mm | 13 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Toliara by month
The sea off Toliara is warmest in January at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in June at 24°C / 75°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 641 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Maputo Mozambique · 1,162 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 1,187 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 1,245 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 1,319 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 1,432 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Morondava Madagascar · 350 km · 3,500 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Tôlanaro Madagascar · 375 km · 3,215 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mananjary Madagascar · 534 km · 2,716 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Tambohorano Madagascar · 657 km · 3,434 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Besalampy Madagascar · 742 km · 3,187 h sun/yr · best in May
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