Cyclone season, month by month around the world

When it is on

• Jan47
• Feb47
• Mar47
• Apr48
• May6
• Jun2
• Jul1
• Aug1
• Sep1
• Oct7
• Nov51
• Dec50

Number of destinations with cyclone season on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Cyclone season in January

1. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandEx-tropical cyclone season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)One or two decaying tropical systems reach the upper North Island most summers.89climate
2. 🇦🇺 Exmouth, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe North West Cape is among the most cyclone-exposed coasts in the country.72climate
3. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April and New Caledonia sits at the southern end of the track, where systems arrive weakening but still close roads and shut the airport for a day or two.68climate
4. 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, AustraliaCyclone and storm season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time.68climate
5. 🇲🇿 Maputo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Systems out of the Mozambique Channel mostly make landfall well to the north, but the far south still gets the rain bands and the flooding that follow.65climate
6. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water.65climate
7. 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Cyclones come ashore on the east coast, but the capital gets their tails: days of rain, the low quarters around Anosibe under water and the roads out of town cut.64climate
8. Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific cyclone season runs from November to April, peaking between December and February.64climate
9. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.64climate
10. West Island, Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones in this part of the Indian Ocean are likeliest in the early months of the year.64climate
11. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April, but Toliara sits in the island's driest lee and rarely takes the direct hits that the east coast towns do.63climate
12. 🇲🇿 Vilankulo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs November to April and this coast is directly exposed: INAM's warning for Tropical Cyclone Gezani named Vilankulo and Inhassoro districts for over 200mm of rain in February 2026.62climate
13. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.62climate
14. 🇲🇿 Tofo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs roughly November to April and this coast lies in its path: Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the Inhambane coast in February 2026.61climate
15. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.61climate
16. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.61climate
17. Avarua, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprNovember to April is the South Pacific storm season, with the peak between December and February.60climate
18. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.58climate
19. 🇵🇫 Bora Bora, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific storm season.58climate
20. Aitutaki, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April, with the risk highest between December and February.58climate
21. 🇻🇺 Port Vila, VanuatuCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprVanuatu is regularly ranked the most disaster-exposed country on earth and the season runs November to April.57climate
22. Flying Fish Cove, Christmas IslandCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Storms in the wet half of the year bring big seas into the cove, which is the island's only sheltered landing.57climate
23. 🇷🇪 Saint-Denis, RéunionCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprThe south-west Indian Ocean season runs from mid-November to the end of April.55climate
24. 🇵🇫 Moorea, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe wet half of the year is also the cyclone window in the Society Islands.55climate
25. Mamoudzou, MayotteCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclone Chido made a direct hit on 14 December 2024 with winds over 200 km/h, the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least ninety years, and it destroyed part of Mamoudzou's own town hall.55climate

…and 22 more in January.

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Cyclone season in February

1. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandEx-tropical cyclone season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)One or two decaying tropical systems reach the upper North Island most summers.87climate
2. 🇦🇺 Exmouth, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe North West Cape is among the most cyclone-exposed coasts in the country.70climate
3. 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, AustraliaCyclone and storm season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time.65climate
4. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.64climate
5. 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Cyclones come ashore on the east coast, but the capital gets their tails: days of rain, the low quarters around Anosibe under water and the roads out of town cut.63climate
6. 🇲🇿 Maputo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Systems out of the Mozambique Channel mostly make landfall well to the north, but the far south still gets the rain bands and the flooding that follow.63climate
7. 🇲🇿 Tofo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs roughly November to April and this coast lies in its path: Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the Inhambane coast in February 2026.63climate
8. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.62climate
9. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April, but Toliara sits in the island's driest lee and rarely takes the direct hits that the east coast towns do.62climate
10. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water.62climate
11. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.62climate
12. 🇵🇫 Bora Bora, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific storm season.61climate
13. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.61climate
14. Mamoudzou, MayotteCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclone Chido made a direct hit on 14 December 2024 with winds over 200 km/h, the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least ninety years, and it destroyed part of Mamoudzou's own town hall.61climate
15. Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific cyclone season runs from November to April, peaking between December and February.60climate
16. Flying Fish Cove, Christmas IslandCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Storms in the wet half of the year bring big seas into the cove, which is the island's only sheltered landing.60climate
17. West Island, Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones in this part of the Indian Ocean are likeliest in the early months of the year.60climate
18. 🇲🇿 Vilankulo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs November to April and this coast is directly exposed: INAM's warning for Tropical Cyclone Gezani named Vilankulo and Inhassoro districts for over 200mm of rain in February 2026.59climate
19. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.57climate
20. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April and New Caledonia sits at the southern end of the track, where systems arrive weakening but still close roads and shut the airport for a day or two.57climate
21. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe Australian season runs November to April and the Whitsundays sit in the middle of it.57climate
22. 🇵🇫 Moorea, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe wet half of the year is also the cyclone window in the Society Islands.57climate
23. Aitutaki, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April, with the risk highest between December and February.57climate
24. 🇷🇪 Saint-Denis, RéunionCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprThe south-west Indian Ocean season runs from mid-November to the end of April.56climate
25. 🇲🇬 Antsiranana, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The basin's official storm season, and northern Madagascar is on the receiving end of it.56climate

…and 22 more in February.

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Cyclone season in March

1. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandEx-tropical cyclone season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)One or two decaying tropical systems reach the upper North Island most summers.91climate
2. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.77climate
3. 🇵🇫 Bora Bora, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific storm season.72climate
4. 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Cyclones come ashore on the east coast, but the capital gets their tails: days of rain, the low quarters around Anosibe under water and the roads out of town cut.71climate
5. 🇲🇿 Maputo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Systems out of the Mozambique Channel mostly make landfall well to the north, but the far south still gets the rain bands and the flooding that follow.70climate
6. 🇲🇿 Tofo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs roughly November to April and this coast lies in its path: Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the Inhambane coast in February 2026.70climate
7. 🇲🇿 Vilankulo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs November to April and this coast is directly exposed: INAM's warning for Tropical Cyclone Gezani named Vilankulo and Inhassoro districts for over 200mm of rain in February 2026.70climate
8. 🇦🇺 Exmouth, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe North West Cape is among the most cyclone-exposed coasts in the country.68climate
9. 🇵🇫 Moorea, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe wet half of the year is also the cyclone window in the Society Islands.67climate
10. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.66climate
11. Aitutaki, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April, with the risk highest between December and February.66climate
12. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.65climate
13. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April, but Toliara sits in the island's driest lee and rarely takes the direct hits that the east coast towns do.65climate
14. Fakaofo, TokelauCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.65climate
15. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April and New Caledonia sits at the southern end of the track, where systems arrive weakening but still close roads and shut the airport for a day or two.64climate
16. Mamoudzou, MayotteCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclone Chido made a direct hit on 14 December 2024 with winds over 200 km/h, the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least ninety years, and it destroyed part of Mamoudzou's own town hall.64climate
17. Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific cyclone season runs from November to April, peaking between December and February.62climate
18. 🇲🇬 Morondava, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April.62climate
19. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.62climate
20. 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, AustraliaCyclone and storm season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time.61climate
21. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.60climate
22. 🇼🇸 Apia, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific storm season runs November to April and peaks in January and February.60climate
23. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water.60climate
24. 🇵🇫 Papeete, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe wet season doubles as the cyclone window.59climate
25. 🇹🇻 Funafuti, TuvaluCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.59climate

…and 22 more in March.

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Cyclone season in April

1. 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Cyclones come ashore on the east coast, but the capital gets their tails: days of rain, the low quarters around Anosibe under water and the roads out of town cut.86climate
2. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandEx-tropical cyclone season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)One or two decaying tropical systems reach the upper North Island most summers.83climate
3. 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, AustraliaCyclone and storm season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time.81climate
4. 🇲🇿 Maputo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Systems out of the Mozambique Channel mostly make landfall well to the north, but the far south still gets the rain bands and the flooding that follow.76climate
5. 🇲🇿 Tofo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs roughly November to April and this coast lies in its path: Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the Inhambane coast in February 2026.76climate
6. 🇲🇿 Vilankulo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs November to April and this coast is directly exposed: INAM's warning for Tropical Cyclone Gezani named Vilankulo and Inhassoro districts for over 200mm of rain in February 2026.76climate
7. 🇦🇺 Exmouth, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe North West Cape is among the most cyclone-exposed coasts in the country.75climate
8. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April, but Toliara sits in the island's driest lee and rarely takes the direct hits that the east coast towns do.75climate
9. Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific cyclone season runs from November to April, peaking between December and February.71climate
10. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.71climate
11. 🇲🇬 Morondava, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April.71climate
12. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe Australian season runs November to April and the Whitsundays sit in the middle of it.70climate
13. 🇵🇫 Bora Bora, French PolynesiaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific storm season.69climate
14. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.69climate
15. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.69climate
16. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.69climate
17. 🇷🇪 Saint-Denis, RéunionCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprThe south-west Indian Ocean season runs from mid-November to the end of April.68climate
18. 🇲🇬 Antsiranana, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The basin's official storm season, and northern Madagascar is on the receiving end of it.68climate
19. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water.68climate
20. Mamoudzou, MayotteCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclone Chido made a direct hit on 14 December 2024 with winds over 200 km/h, the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least ninety years, and it destroyed part of Mamoudzou's own town hall.68climate
21. 🇧🇩 Cox's Bazar, BangladeshPre-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Apr – 31 MayThe Bay of Bengal makes its severe storms in the weeks before the rains settle in, and this stretch of coast is where they come ashore.66climate
22. Avarua, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprNovember to April is the South Pacific storm season, with the peak between December and February.66climate
23. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.65climate
24. 🇦🇺 Broome, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe north-west is the most cyclone-exposed coast in Australia.65climate
25. Aitutaki, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April, with the risk highest between December and February.65climate

…and 23 more in April.

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Cyclone season in May

1. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.78climate
2. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.78climate
3. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.74climate
4. 🇧🇩 Cox's Bazar, BangladeshPre-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Apr – 31 MayThe Bay of Bengal makes its severe storms in the weeks before the rains settle in, and this stretch of coast is where they come ashore.55climate
5. 🇧🇩 Chittagong, BangladeshPre-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The first of the year's two storm windows, and the one that has done the most damage here.50climate
6. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.42climate

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Cyclone season in June

1. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.36climate
2. 🇧🇩 Chittagong, BangladeshPre-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The first of the year's two storm windows, and the one that has done the most damage here.35climate

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Cyclone season in July

1. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.46climate

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Cyclone season in August

1. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.53climate

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Cyclone season in September

1. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.58climate

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Cyclone season in October

1. 🇴🇲 Sur, OmanArabian Sea cyclone risk · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The Arabian Sea has two storm windows, before and after the monsoon, and this stretch of coast has taken direct hits in the second one.72climate
2. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.66climate
3. 🇧🇩 Cox's Bazar, BangladeshPost-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Oct – 30 NovThe second and historically deadlier of the two storm peaks, arriving as the rains withdraw.57climate
4. 🇮🇳 Chennai, IndiaBay of Bengal cyclone season · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)A system or two a season comes close enough to shut the airport for a day and put the fishing fleet ashore.56climate
5. 🇮🇳 Pondicherry, IndiaBay of Bengal cyclone season · 15 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The Coromandel coast is on the receiving end of the post-monsoon cyclone season, and a landfall anywhere near closes the beach road and the buses for a couple of days.56climate
6. 🇧🇩 Chittagong, BangladeshPost-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The second window, peaking in November, and statistically the more active of the two across the Bay.53climate
7. 🇧🇩 Sundarbans, BangladeshPost-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Oct – 30 NovThe mangrove is what stands between the delta and the storms, and it takes the damage each time.50climate

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Cyclone season in November

1. 🇦🇺 Exmouth, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe North West Cape is among the most cyclone-exposed coasts in the country.83climate
2. 🇴🇲 Sur, OmanArabian Sea cyclone risk · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The Arabian Sea has two storm windows, before and after the monsoon, and this stretch of coast has taken direct hits in the second one.82climate
3. Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific cyclone season runs from November to April, peaking between December and February.81climate
4. 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Cyclones come ashore on the east coast, but the capital gets their tails: days of rain, the low quarters around Anosibe under water and the roads out of town cut.80climate
5. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April and New Caledonia sits at the southern end of the track, where systems arrive weakening but still close roads and shut the airport for a day or two.80climate
6. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.79climate
7. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.79climate
8. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanArabian Sea cyclone season · 15 May – 15 Nov (usually)Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one.78climate
9. 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, AustraliaCyclone and storm season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time.78climate
10. 🇲🇿 Maputo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Systems out of the Mozambique Channel mostly make landfall well to the north, but the far south still gets the rain bands and the flooding that follow.77climate
11. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water.77climate
12. 🇧🇩 Cox's Bazar, BangladeshPost-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Oct – 30 NovThe second and historically deadlier of the two storm peaks, arriving as the rains withdraw.76climate
13. 🇷🇪 Saint-Denis, RéunionCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprThe south-west Indian Ocean season runs from mid-November to the end of April.76climate
14. Avarua, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprNovember to April is the South Pacific storm season, with the peak between December and February.76climate
15. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April, but Toliara sits in the island's driest lee and rarely takes the direct hits that the east coast towns do.76climate
16. Mamoudzou, MayotteCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclone Chido made a direct hit on 14 December 2024 with winds over 200 km/h, the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least ninety years, and it destroyed part of Mamoudzou's own town hall.76climate
17. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.75climate
18. 🇲🇿 Vilankulo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs November to April and this coast is directly exposed: INAM's warning for Tropical Cyclone Gezani named Vilankulo and Inhassoro districts for over 200mm of rain in February 2026.75climate
19. 🇧🇩 Chittagong, BangladeshPost-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The second window, peaking in November, and statistically the more active of the two across the Bay.75climate
20. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.75climate
21. 🇲🇿 Tofo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs roughly November to April and this coast lies in its path: Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the Inhambane coast in February 2026.74climate
22. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe Australian season runs November to April and the Whitsundays sit in the middle of it.74climate
23. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.72climate
24. 🇲🇬 Antsiranana, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The basin's official storm season, and northern Madagascar is on the receiving end of it.72climate
25. 🇦🇺 Cairns, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprNovember to April is the cyclone half of the year.71climate

…and 26 more in November.

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Cyclone season in December

1. 🇴🇲 Sur, OmanArabian Sea cyclone risk · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The Arabian Sea has two storm windows, before and after the monsoon, and this stretch of coast has taken direct hits in the second one.87climate
2. 🇧🇩 Chittagong, BangladeshPost-monsoon cyclone season · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The second window, peaking in November, and statistically the more active of the two across the Bay.86climate
3. 🇦🇺 Exmouth, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe North West Cape is among the most cyclone-exposed coasts in the country.77climate
4. 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Cyclones come ashore on the east coast, but the capital gets their tails: days of rain, the low quarters around Anosibe under water and the roads out of town cut.74climate
5. 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, AustraliaCyclone and storm season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time.72climate
6. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.72climate
7. 🇲🇺 Le Morne, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their cyclone warning classes from mid-November to mid-May, January to March the likeliest stretch.72climate
8. 🇷🇪 Saint-Denis, RéunionCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprThe south-west Indian Ocean season runs from mid-November to the end of April.71climate
9. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 AprRodrigues is hit more often than Mauritius, sitting further east and alone in open water.70climate
10. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April and New Caledonia sits at the southern end of the track, where systems arrive weakening but still close roads and shut the airport for a day or two.69climate
11. Mamoudzou, MayotteCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Cyclone Chido made a direct hit on 14 December 2024 with winds over 200 km/h, the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least ninety years, and it destroyed part of Mamoudzou's own town hall.69climate
12. 🇲🇿 Tofo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs roughly November to April and this coast lies in its path: Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the Inhambane coast in February 2026.68climate
13. Rarotonga, Cook IslandsCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific cyclone season runs from November to April, peaking between December and February.68climate
14. 🇲🇿 Maputo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Systems out of the Mozambique Channel mostly make landfall well to the north, but the far south still gets the rain bands and the flooding that follow.67climate
15. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Mauritius Meteorological Services run their warning classes from mid-November to mid-May.67climate
16. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone year runs into April, but Toliara sits in the island's driest lee and rarely takes the direct hits that the east coast towns do.67climate
17. 🇮🇳 Pondicherry, IndiaBay of Bengal cyclone season · 15 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)The Coromandel coast is on the receiving end of the post-monsoon cyclone season, and a landfall anywhere near closes the beach road and the buses for a couple of days.66climate
18. 🇲🇿 Vilankulo, MozambiqueCyclone season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season runs November to April and this coast is directly exposed: INAM's warning for Tropical Cyclone Gezani named Vilankulo and Inhassoro districts for over 200mm of rain in February 2026.66climate
19. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.66climate
20. 🇮🇳 Chennai, IndiaBay of Bengal cyclone season · 1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)A system or two a season comes close enough to shut the airport for a day and put the fishing fleet ashore.65climate
21. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe South Pacific season runs November to April.65climate
22. 🇲🇬 Antsiranana, MadagascarCyclone season · 15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The basin's official storm season, and northern Madagascar is on the receiving end of it.65climate
23. 🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa, TongaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprNovember to April is the South Pacific storm season and Tongatapu is a low, flat island with the capital at sea level.64climate
24. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe Australian season runs November to April and the Whitsundays sit in the middle of it.64climate
25. Flying Fish Cove, Christmas IslandCyclone season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Storms in the wet half of the year bring big seas into the cove, which is the island's only sheltered landing.64climate

…and 25 more in December.

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