Toliara
City in Madagascar: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
City Centre Toliara 2007: JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Toliara is a city in Madagascar, in Atsimo-Andrefana. About 178,725 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Madagascar in our atlas.
It lies at 23.35° S, 43.67° E, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Antananarivo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Toliara. Green dots: other major cities of Madagascar. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Toliara has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Dec, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 17°C (62°F). Around 600 mm (24 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Tôlanaro · 386 km
- Fianarantsoa · 407 km
- Antsirabe · 517 km
- Antanifotsy · 554 km
- Imerintsiatosika · 611 km
- Antananarivo · 631 km
- Toamasina · 822 km
- Mahajanga · 889 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1055429 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q824043 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- City Centre Toliara 2007: JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)