Moroni weather in November
November in Moroni: sweltering, a little rain, with clean air — fine if you can take 40°C afternoons.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#6 of 12 months in Moroni · #183 of 1413 destinations to visit in November · comfort 87/100 (tier A)
- Days
- 33°C
- Nights
- 25°C
- Wet days
- 14
- Sun
- 11.8 h
- Humidity
- 78%
- Daylight
- 13 h

Traveller notes on Moroni in November
Other months in Moroni
Forum posters describing Grande Comore note December through February brings the lowest hotel prices, generally a sign of the region's wetter, cyclone-season low period in the Southern Indian Ocean, with March sitting at the tail end of that stretch as conditions gradually improve. Posters contrast this with early October, explicitly within the dry season, describing around 28C heat with humidity near 100% in the island's forested interior even during that drier window. Given the limited March-specific detail available for Moroni, this note leans on that broader seasonal shape: expect March to still carry meaningful rain and humidity as the wet season winds down, improving but not yet at the dry-season comfort of the following months. Posters generally recommend a private taxi (negotiable from around 20 EUR) for the Moroni airport transfer and note a 30 EUR cash visa-on-arrival, practical logistics as relevant to a Moroni visit as the exact weather.
Detailed trip reports for Comoros are genuinely scarce on the forum - one visitor recently back from Grande Comore specifically noted how hard it was to find much information about traveling there before their trip. Posters who have visited generally describe the islands as a warm, humid, little-touristed volcanic destination in the Indian Ocean. Given the sparse destination-specific detail, this note is grounded in the well-established regional pattern shared with nearby Indian Ocean islands: a drier, cooler southern-hemisphere-winter stretch roughly May through October, and September sits within that comparatively drier window, ahead of the hotter, wetter cyclone-season months from November through April.
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Moroni climate normals — November
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Moroni in November
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Shoulder seasonschool holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Moroni's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherMoroni's weather peaks August–October, best around September.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Moroni in November
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Season
Kashkazi stops the boats
1 Nov – 30 AprWind seasonClosuresRiskThe north-westerly monsoon puts a heavy swell into Moroni's open roadstead, where boats are still loaded by launch. Inter-island crossings to Mohéli and Anjouan are cancelled for days at a stretch.
- Hazard
Cyclone season
15 Nov – 30 AprThe south-west Indian Ocean season runs from mid-November to the end of April and peaks around January. Systems usually track south of the archipelago, but a close pass takes out power and the airport for days. Source ↗
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Moroni in November — FAQ
- Is November a good time to visit Moroni?
- November in Moroni: sweltering, a little rain, with clean air — fine if you can take 40°C afternoons. It ranks #6 of 12 months for Moroni on SeasonMap's comfort score (87/100).
- What is the weather like in Moroni in November?
- In November, Moroni averages a daily high of 33.4°C and a low of 25.2°C, with about 55.6 mm of rain over roughly 13.5 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Moroni in November?
- Moroni has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 30 in November.