Climate · Petite-Île

Petite-Île in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Petite-Île is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 25 minutes.December in Petite-Île is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 25 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 75% of days
Daylight
13h 25mon average

Is December a good time to visit Petite-Île?


December sits outside Petite-Île'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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in December, against 78°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 26°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

75% of days in December, against 46% to 85% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in December, against 37% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

13h 25m in December, against 10h 51m to 13h 25m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. November85°29°low 69°low 21°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December87°31°low 73°low 23°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January88°31°low 75°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Petite-Île sits, in December

Indian/Reunion

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:30 AMsets 6:55 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Petite-Île, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Petite-Île is our one place in Réunion so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km north-west of Petite-Île. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (90 m) against the climate model's (403 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 (90 m) against the climate model's (403 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.