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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Curepipe
Curepipe climate by month
Tropical rainforest · AfBest Jul · Sep–Oct
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,013 mm114 wet days a year
20.32° S, 57.53° EElevation 559 mUTC+4 · Mauritius Standard Time
When to goCurepipe · weather score
Best timeJul · Sep–Oct
October: high / low22° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Curepipe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 26° and nights 22°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,013 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (232 mm, 17 wet days) and October the driest (72 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in June to 43% in February.
Compared with Port Louis, the capital, Curepipe is 2.6° cooler on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · January
- Coldest nights
- 16° · August
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- June · 23% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 54 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 25° |
| Average low | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 292 mm | 350 mm | 255 mm | 232 mm | 141 mm | 89 mm | 114 mm | 94 mm | 86 mm | 72 mm | 86 mm | 202 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.5 | 12.3 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 5 | 5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 10.8 |
| Cloud cover | 41% | 43% | 38% | 34% | 25% | 23% | 26% | 27% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 35% |
| Daylight | 13h 14 | 12h 46 | 12h 14 | 11h 38 | 11h 10 | 10h 54 | 11h 00 | 11h 25 | 11h 58 | 12h 32 | 13h 04 | 13h 21 |
| Month score | 61 | 63 | 62 | 65 | 77 | 80 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 92 | 84 | 72 |
ivMonth by month
Curepipe in every month
January61
26° / 22°
292 mm · 13.5 wet days
February63
26° / 22°
350 mm · 12.3 wet days
March62
25° / 22°
255 mm · 17.2 wet days
April65
24° / 21°
232 mm · 17.3 wet days
May77
23° / 19°
141 mm · 9.8 wet days
June80
21° / 17°
89 mm · 8.5 wet days
July88
20° / 16°
114 mm · 5 wet days
August88
20° / 16°
94 mm · 5 wet days
September90
21° / 16°
86 mm · 4.2 wet days
October92
22° / 18°
72 mm · 3.3 wet days
November84
24° / 19°
86 mm · 6.8 wet days
December72
25° / 21°
202 mm · 10.8 wet days