Port Mathurin weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇺 Mauritius · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Port Mathurin is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with July and September close behind. Port Mathurin averages about 3,223 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 12 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,223
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 514 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 27 m
When is the best time to visit Port Mathurin?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Mathurin is August, then July and September. The dullest month is March (82/100, 86 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Mathurin?
Port Mathurin is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,223 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 14 Sunshine Score points separate August from March. It is the sunnier of the two destinations tracked in Mauritius. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around February, carries about 49% of the annual 514 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 83 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 82 mm | 14 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 83 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 84 mm | 13 | 28° / 82°F |
| March | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 86 mm | 12 | 28° / 82°F |
| April | 84 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 78 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| May | 92 | 25° / 77°F | 25° / 77°F | 35 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| June | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 24 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 23° / 73°F | 17 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 12 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 16 mm | 10 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 23° / 73°F | 20 mm | 11 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 23 mm | 13 | 26° / 79°F |
| December | 91 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 37 mm | 13 | 26° / 79°F |
Sea temperature in Port Mathurin by month
The sea off Port Mathurin is warmest in January at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in July at 24°C / 75°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Plaine Magnien Mauritius · 597 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Saint-Denis (Réunion) Réunion · 827 km · best in Jul · 3,187 h sun/yr
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 1,670 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Victoria (Seychelles) Seychelles · 1,880 km · best in Jul · 2,943 h sun/yr
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 2,076 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Moroni Comoros · 2,334 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Île Sainte-Marie Madagascar · 1,459 km · 2,398 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Toamasina Madagascar · 1,480 km · 2,588 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Maroantsetra Madagascar · 1,526 km · 2,206 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Sambava Madagascar · 1,528 km · 2,701 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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