Mahébourg
Elevation 20 m20.40° S, 57.70° E
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, 25 rain days in the month (252 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 24 rain days in the month (251 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Cyclonesone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
Mean 26 °C, 25 rain days in the month (217 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 22 rain days in the month (144 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 27 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 18 rain days in the month (101 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 21 °C, 14 rain days in the month (68 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 20 °C, 16 rain days in the month (76 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 21 °C, 14 rain days in the month (69 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 21 °C, 14 rain days in the month (63 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 22 °C, 13 rain days in the month (59 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 24 °C, 15 rain days in the month (82 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 25 °C, 20 rain days in the month (150 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
No ideal month: the best months are June, August–October, the least rainy with the right temperature. Nothing against July, November either. Ideal for the sea: all year. Avoid December–May (often rainy, at times hot and cyclones).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Indian Ocean
Monthly mean sea temperature: Indian Ocean (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Indian Ocean (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2019 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1956 (−0.5 °C).
August and October warmed the most (+0.5 and +0.5 °C), July the least (+0.3 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −4 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.3 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990