Rodrigues weather in March
March in Rodrigues: sweltering, rainy, with clean air — fine if you can take sticky heat.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#12 of 12 months in Rodrigues · #479 of 1413 destinations to visit in March · comfort 81/100 (tier A)
- Days
- 31°C
- Nights
- 25°C
- Wet days
- 17
- Sun
- 10.8 h
- Humidity
- 80%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Rodrigues in March
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.
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.
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Rodrigues climate normals — March
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Rodrigues in March
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.
BusyMauritius Independence Day, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
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.
What's on in Rodrigues in March
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Holiday
Mauritius Independence Day
12 MarNational holidayClosures12 March is the national holiday for independence in 1968 and the republic in 1992. Rodrigues keeps it, along with its own autonomy day in October, and the shops in Port Mathurin shut for both. Source ↗
- Hazard
Cyclone season
15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues 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 ↗
Where is Rodrigues?
Rodrigues in March — FAQ
- Is March a good time to visit Rodrigues?
- March in Rodrigues: sweltering, rainy, with clean air — fine if you can take sticky heat. It ranks #12 of 12 months for Rodrigues on SeasonMap's comfort score (81/100).
- What is the weather like in Rodrigues in March?
- In March, Rodrigues averages a daily high of 30.8°C and a low of 25.3°C, with about 128.6 mm of rain over roughly 17.2 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Rodrigues in March?
- Rodrigues has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 45 in March.