Rodrigues weather in December

December in Rodrigues: hot, a little rain, with clean air — fine if you can take sticky heat.

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Rodrigues🇲🇺 Mauritius · Indian Ocean Islands · Island87
  1. 84Jan
  2. 82Feb
  3. 81Mar
  4. 86Apr
  5. 87May
  6. 86Jun
  7. 87Jul
  8. 89Aug
  9. 90Sep
  10. 91Oct
  11. 92Nov
  12. 87Dec

#7 of 12 months in Rodrigues · #232 of 1413 destinations to visit in December · comfort 87/100 (tier A)

Days
30°C
Nights
25°C
Wet days
12
Sun
12.1 h
Humidity
80%
Daylight
13 h
Rodrigues, Mauritius
Photo: Dominik Ruhl · Pexels

Traveller notes on Rodrigues in December

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 — December

Daytime high30°C / 86°F🥵 hot
Nighttime low25°C / 76°F
Feels like (high)33°C / 91°F
Sea temperature27°C / 81°F😎 warm sea
Rainfall65 mm / 2.6 in🌦 some rain
Rainy days12 days
Humidity80%💦 very humid
Dew point23°C / 73°F
Sunshine12.1 h/day
Daylight13.3 h
Wind30 km/h / 18 mph
Air quality (US AQI)35🍃 good

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

Crowds in Rodrigues in December

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 5 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 December

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

  • Hazard

    Cyclone season

    15 Nov – 30 Apr

    Rodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water. The season runs from mid-November to the end of April and a warning grounds the one daily flight from Plaisance. Source ↗

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Rodrigues in December — FAQ

Is December a good time to visit Rodrigues?
December in Rodrigues: hot, a little rain, with clean air — fine if you can take sticky heat. It ranks #7 of 12 months for Rodrigues on SeasonMap's comfort score (87/100).
What is the weather like in Rodrigues in December?
In December, Rodrigues averages a daily high of 29.9°C and a low of 24.5°C, with about 64.9 mm of rain over roughly 12.3 rainy days.
What is the air quality in Rodrigues in December?
Rodrigues has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 35 in December.