Toliara weather by month
The best time to visit Toliara is May, September and October — 96/100 in May, 29°C and 2 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, April to November (94/100 on average).
The worst month is February at 83/100 — sweltering, rainy, clean air. See February →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: April to November (94/100 on average) · worst February (83/100)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 20°C
- Wet days
- 2
- Sun
- 10 h
- Humidity
- 65%
- Daylight
- 11 h
Toliara, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Toliara is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Toliara through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Toliara in May
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Toliara
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
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We visited during the dry season, May through November, when temperatures stayed in a comfortable 20 to 30 degree range and let us hike the spiny forest without the discomfort we'd have faced in the wet months. Ifaty Village, a mix of traditional fishing life and quiet resorts, gave us the clearest look at local daily life of anywhere on the coast, and a boat trip through the mangroves added an easy half day. Le Jardin de Giancarlo turned out to be exactly the local institution other travelers had promised, a mixed seafood plate for under ten dollars that easily fed two of us. We packed lightweight linen and a wide-brimmed hat, both essential once the midday sun got serious.
Traveller notes on Toliara
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters name May through October as Madagascar's dry season and the most favorable overall window to visit, with April and May specifically called out as shoulder months when the countryside is still noticeably green from the preceding wetter stretch. Posters describe May itself as not expected to bring much rain, though some note recent years have felt less predictable than the traditional pattern would suggest. For beach areas near Toliara specifically - Ifaty and Anakao are named - posters say conditions stay warm and pleasant as long as the weather itself cooperates (avoiding a rainy or especially windy stretch), positioning May as a solid choice within the broader dry-season window.
Madagascar's forum consistently flags the southwest, where Toliara sits, as drier and sunnier than the rest of the country heading into November - posters described sunny weather holding right through until late December, with the sea warming up nicely and staying clear. An evening storm is possible, but several regulars noted recent years have actually run dry through this stretch. The broader rainy season does eventually arrive elsewhere in Madagascar around this time, but Toliara's own position keeps it comparatively drier and warmer than the itineraries further north and east that forum posters were more cautious about.
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