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Port Louis in January

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Port Louis is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Port Louis is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 76% of days
Daylight
13h 12mon average

Is January a good time to visit Port Louis?

January sits outside Port Louis's best months, which run from June to September. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in January, against 79°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 26°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

76% of days in January, against 25% to 82% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in January, against 24% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

13h 12m in January, against 10h 56m to 13h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December88°31°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January88°31°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February88°31°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Port Louis sits, in January

Indian/Mauritius
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:42 AMsets 6:55 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Centre de Flacq23 km east

The land around Port Louis, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mauritius in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Port Louis

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Port Louis. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (258 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (258 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.