Climate in Toliara (Madagascar)

The climate of Toliara is tropical arid, with a hot, rainy summer from December to March, and a long dry season the rest of the year, which becomes quite cool in winter, from June to August.
Toliara (or Toliary, formerly Tuléar), is a city of 170,000 inhabitants, located on the south-west coast of Madagascar, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, in the Atsimo-Andrefana region, of which it is the capital.
Just north of the city is the mouth of the Fiherenana River.
Nearby, in the sea, is the Grand Récif, a coral reef.
About 185 km (115 mi) to the northeast we find the Isalo National Park, located in the interior, on a plateau whose altitude varies approximately from 500 to 1,250 meters (1,650 and 4,100 feet).



As mentioned, Toliara is located in the southwestern part of Madagascar, which is the most sunny and arid of the country, but also the hottest, especially in the southern hemisphere summer. In fact, from December to March the temperature can reach 38/40 °C (100/104 °F). In January 2022 it reached 42.3 °C (108.1 °F).
Fortunately, in summer the southeast trade winds blow steadily, tempering the heat a bit.
Sometimes, however, it can get very hot even in spring, starting from mid-August, with highs above 35 °C (95 °F), and more rarely also in autumn.
Instead, in winter, from June to August, the temperature drops more sharply than in the center-north of Madagascar, and nights are cool. In winter and spring, from June to September, and sometimes also in May and October, when cool air masses arrive from South Africa, the temperature can approach 10 °C (50 °F).
The temperature of the sea drops to 23.5 °C (74.5 °F) in July and August, so, all in all, it remains warm enough to swim in even in the winter season.

Toliara - Climate data

In Toliara, the average temperature of the coldest month (July) is of 21.4 °C, that of the warmest month (January) is of 28.3 °C. Here are the average temperatures.