Toamasina weather in February

In February, Toamasina sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 320 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Toamasina's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Toamasina's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 320 mm; 23 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:39 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 11th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Toamasina is port city in eastern Madagascar.

Density: 17,255/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical February day in Toamasina reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26

Toamasina weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 26°	305	25	13	4.2
Feb	27° / 26°	320	23	12.6	4.2
Mar	27° / 25°	346	26.2	12.1	4.2
Apr	26° / 25°	200	24.2	11.6	4.6
May	25° / 24°	201	23.5	11.2	5.0
Jun	24° / 22°	174	24.2	10.9	4.9
Jul	23° / 21°	180	24.3	11	4.9
Aug	23° / 21°	112	20.8	11.4	5.5
Sep	23° / 22°	76	17.7	11.9	6.1
Oct	24° / 23°	77	17	12.4	6.3
Nov	26° / 24°	79	16.1	12.9	6.1
Dec	27° / 25°	186	22	13.1	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	39	40	40	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	42
Cloudier (%)	61	60	60	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	59	59	59	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Toamasina gets around 320 mm of rain over 23 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 82% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	68	69	69	70	71	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73
Miserable (%)	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	68	31
2	1	69	30
3	1	69	30
4	1	70	29
5	1	71	28
6	2	70	28
7	2	71	27
8	2	72	26
9	2	73	25
10	2	73	25
11	2	74	24
12	2	74	24
13	1	75	24
14	1	75	24
15	1	75	24
16	1	75	24
17	1	75	24
18	1	75	24
19	1	75	24
20	1	74	25
21	1	74	25
22	1	74	25
23	1	74	25
24	1	74	25
25	1	74	25
26	1	74	25
27	1	73	26
28	1	73	26

Wind in February

Winds average 17 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
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18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
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22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:32	6:20
2	12.8	5:32	6:20
3	12.8	5:33	6:20
4	12.8	5:33	6:19
5	12.8	5:34	6:19
6	12.7	5:34	6:19
7	12.7	5:35	6:19
8	12.7	5:35	6:18
9	12.7	5:36	6:18
10	12.7	5:36	6:17
11	12.7	5:37	6:17
12	12.7	5:37	6:17
13	12.6	5:38	6:16
14	12.6	5:38	6:16
15	12.6	5:39	6:15
16	12.6	5:39	6:15
17	12.6	5:40	6:14
18	12.6	5:40	6:14
19	12.5	5:40	6:13
20	12.5	5:41	6:13
21	12.5	5:41	6:12
22	12.5	5:42	6:12
23	12.5	5:42	6:11
24	12.5	5:42	6:10
25	12.5	5:43	6:10
26	12.4	5:43	6:09
27	12.4	5:43	6:09
28	12.4	5:44	6:08

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in November across the year — February's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Toamasina

In seasonPeak

In February, Toamasina sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Toamasina sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Toamasina's rainy season runs December–July, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Toamasina?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Toamasina for sightseeing.

What to pack for Toamasina in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Toamasina sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Toamasina in February

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in February at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	24	25	26	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	28	Tropical
May	27	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	25	Warm
Nov	26	Warm
Dec	28	Warm

UV index in Toamasina in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Toamasina peaks around February 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	13	11	8	7	7	9	11	13	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Toamasina?

Toamasina sits at 18.1°S, 49.4°E, 12 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Vavatenina, 79 km away.

Topography around Toamasina

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Toamasina.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toamasina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,456 m.

The land around Toamasina is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (54%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

artificial surfaces 47%

16 km

201 m

water 54%

80 km

1,456 m

trees 49%

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← January Toamasina year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Vavatenina 79 km · Ampasimanolotra 82 km · Fenoarivo Atsinanana 85 km · Didy 92 km · Vohibinany 97 km · Ambodimanga II 101 km · Ambatondrazaka 110 km · Imerimandroso 118 km

Madagascar travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $599; 2025
Happiness: 4.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 22%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 29.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 457
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Toamasina (-18.1492°, 49.4023°, elevation 12 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	68	31
2	1	69	30
3	1	69	30
4	1	70	29
5	1	71	28
6	2	70	28
7	2	71	27
8	2	72	26
9	2	73	25
10	2	73	25
11	2	74	24
12	2	74	24
13	1	75	24
14	1	75	24
15	1	75	24
16	1	75	24
17	1	75	24
18	1	75	24
19	1	75	24
20	1	74	25
21	1	74	25
22	1	74	25
23	1	74	25
24	1	74	25
25	1	74	25
26	1	74	25
27	1	73	26
28	1	73	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	68	31
2	1	69	30
3	1	69	30
4	1	70	29
5	1	71	28
6	2	70	28
7	2	71	27
8	2	72	26
9	2	73	25
10	2	73	25
11	2	74	24
12	2	74	24
13	1	75	24
14	1	75	24
15	1	75	24
16	1	75	24
17	1	75	24
18	1	75	24
19	1	75	24
20	1	74	25
21	1	74	25
22	1	74	25
23	1	74	25
24	1	74	25
25	1	74	25
26	1	74	25
27	1	73	26
28	1	73	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	1	68	31
2	1	69	30
3	1	69	30
4	1	70	29
5	1	71	28
6	2	70	28
7	2	71	27
8	2	72	26
9	2	73	25
10	2	73	25
11	2	74	24
12	2	74	24
13	1	75	24
14	1	75	24
15	1	75	24
16	1	75	24
17	1	75	24
18	1	75	24
19	1	75	24
20	1	74	25
21	1	74	25
22	1	74	25
23	1	74	25
24	1	74	25
25	1	74	25
26	1	74	25
27	1	73	26
28	1	73	26