Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Denis weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Saint-Denis: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 219 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Paul (23 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Saint-Denis, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Reunion, Saint-Denis ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 28.4°C; Saint-Denis is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 219 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saint-Denis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 249 | 21.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 245 | 22.1 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 28.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 219 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 78 | 16.7 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 74 | 16.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 24.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 40 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 36 | 11.9 | 11.011 h |
| August | 23.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 34 | 10.0 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 36 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 47 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 84 | 15.4 | 13.113 h |
| December | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 138 | 18.9 | 13.413 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Saint-Paul in MarchReunion · 23 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Saint-Pierre in MarchReunion · 51 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 211 mm rain
- Vacoas in MarchMauritius · 221 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Port Louis in MarchMauritius · 228 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Toamasina in MarchMadagascar · 703 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 346 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saint-Denis) is explained once on the Saint-Denis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.