Rodrigues weather in August

August in Rodrigues: warm, dry — an excellent time to visit.

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Rodrigues🇲🇺 Mauritius · Indian Ocean Islands · Island89
  1. 84Jan
  2. 82Feb
  3. 81Mar
  4. 86Apr
  5. 87May
  6. 86Jun
  7. 87Jul
  8. 89Aug
  9. 90Sep
  10. 91Oct
  11. 92Nov
  12. 87Dec

#4 of 12 months in Rodrigues · #304 of 1413 destinations to visit in August · comfort 89/100 (tier A)

Days
26°C
Nights
20°C
Wet days
8
Sun
10.1 h
Humidity
73%
Daylight
12 h
Rodrigues, Mauritius
Photo: Dominik Ruhl · Pexels

Traveller notes on Rodrigues in August

Other months in Rodrigues

Forum posters describe May across Mauritius more broadly as a favorite month, warm without the heavy humidity and rain of mid-summer, with highs around 27C by day cooling to about 19C in the evening and moderately warm sea temperatures - a pattern posters attribute partly to lower off-season crowds and prices. Rodrigues, a separate island roughly 560km from Mauritius with its own distinct microclimate, is discussed less on the forum. Given the limited destination-specific detail for Rodrigues exactly, this note leans on the broader regional pattern while flagging one genuine local difference worth knowing: Rodrigues tends to run windier than the Mauritian mainland, a real factor for anyone planning beach or water activities. Posters generally rate May as a comfortable, moderate-humidity month across this part of the Indian Ocean, with Rodrigues's own stronger winds the main local variable to plan around.
Tripadvisor community · May · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Most detailed November weather discussion on the forum centers on the main island of Mauritius rather than Rodrigues specifically, which lies a few hundred kilometers further east in the same ocean and shares a broadly similar climate zone without being identical. For Mauritius, posters describe November as the start of the hot, humid summer half of the year, but still less hot and less humid than December, with sea temperatures around 25C and little rain until the wetter December-to-April cyclone season properly arrives. Applied cautiously to Rodrigues, this suggests a warm, increasingly humid but still comparatively dry transitional month, ahead of the island's own wetter summer stretch - though visitors should treat this as a regional extrapolation rather than an Rodrigues-specific account, given the sparse direct trip reports.
Tripadvisor community · November · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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Rodrigues climate normals — August

Daytime high26°C / 78°F🌤 warm
Nighttime low20°C / 69°F
Feels like (high)24°C / 75°F
Sea temperature24°C / 76°F🙂 pleasant
Rainfall27 mm / 1.1 in☀️ dry
Rainy days8 days
Humidity73%💧 humid
Dew point18°C / 64°F
Sunshine10.1 h/day
Daylight11.5 h
Wind38 km/h / 23 mph
Air quality (US AQI)53🙂 moderate

Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.

Crowds in Rodrigues in August

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 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month(estimated)

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Best months for Rodrigues'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 weatherRodrigues's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.

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What's on in Rodrigues in August

Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.

  • Season

    The trades blow hardest

    1 Jun – 30 SepWind season

    The south-easterlies run all year and stiffen through the southern winter, which is why the lagoon at Mourouk fills with kites. It is also why the crossing from Mauritius by sea is not for everyone.

  • Season

    Octopus fishery closed season

    1 Aug – 15 Oct · usuallyForaging seasonClosures

    The island shuts its octopus fishery for a couple of months each year to let the stock recover, with the dates announced locally. Reopening day is a genuine event: the whole lagoon walks out at low tide.

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Rodrigues in August — FAQ

Is August a good time to visit Rodrigues?
August in Rodrigues: warm, dry — an excellent time to visit. It ranks #4 of 12 months for Rodrigues on SeasonMap's comfort score (89/100).
What is the weather like in Rodrigues in August?
In August, Rodrigues averages a daily high of 25.7°C and a low of 20.3°C, with about 27 mm of rain over roughly 8.2 rainy days.
What is the air quality in Rodrigues in August?
Rodrigues has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 53 in August.