Sainte-Suzanne weather in August

In August, Sainte-Suzanne sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 34 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sainte-Suzanne's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sainte-Suzanne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
11th warmest
Overnight low
16°
1st coldest
Rainfall
34 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:43 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
42%
3rd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Sainte-Suzanne reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Sainte-Suzanne weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 22°25121.713.14.9
Feb26° / 22°24421.912.74.5
Mar26° / 22°2192212.15.0
Apr25° / 21°7816.711.55.8
May23° / 19°7416116.2
Jun21° / 17°401110.86.6
Jul21° / 16°3611.910.96.5
Aug21° / 16°341011.36.8
Sep21° / 17°3610.111.96.8
Oct23° / 18°471112.56.7
Nov24° / 19°8415.4136.1
Dec25° / 21°13818.913.25.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38317
48416
58416
68416
78317
88317
98317
108317
118218
128218
138218
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207822
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317822

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sainte-Suzanne gets around 34 mm of rain over 10 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
133
232
332
432
532
632
732
832
931
1031
1131
1231
1331
1431
1531
1631
1731
1831
1931
2032
2132
2232
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2433
2533
2634
2734
2834
2935
3035
3135

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1275617
2285517
3285517
4285517
5285616
6285616
7285715
8285715
9285814
10275914
11266113
12266113
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
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209calm
219calm
229calm
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249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:535:55
211.16:525:55
311.16:525:55
411.16:515:56
511.16:505:56
611.16:505:57
711.16:495:57
811.16:495:57
911.26:485:58
1011.26:475:58
1111.26:475:58
1211.26:465:59
1311.26:455:59
1411.26:455:59
1511.36:446:00
1611.36:436:00
1711.36:436:00
1811.36:426:01
1911.36:416:01
2011.46:406:01
2111.46:396:02
2211.46:396:02
2311.46:386:02
2411.46:376:02
2511.46:366:03
2611.56:356:03
2711.56:346:03
2811.56:346:04
2911.56:336:04
3011.56:326:04
3111.66:316:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.5Bright
54.6Bright
64.6Bright
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84.7Bright
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285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sainte-Suzanne

In seasonPeak

None of Sainte-Suzanne's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sainte-Suzanne sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Sainte-Suzanne's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Sainte-Suzanne?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Sainte-Suzanne for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sainte-Suzanne in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Sainte-Suzanne sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sainte-Suzanne in August

The nearest coast averages about 23°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 28°C and coldest in August near 23°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar28Tropical
Apr27Warm
May27Warm
Jun25Warm
Jul24Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep24Refreshing
Oct24Warm
Nov25Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Sainte-Suzanne in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sainte-Suzanne peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 16Jun 23UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Sainte-Suzanne?

Sainte-Suzanne sits at 20.9°S, 55.6°E, 10 m above sea level, in Reunion. The nearest listed city is Sainte-Marie, 6.0 km away.

Sainte-MarieSaint-AndréSaint-DenisSaint-BenoîtLa PossessionLe PortSaint-PaulLe Tampon

Topography around Sainte-Suzanne

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sainte-Suzanne.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sainte-Suzanne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,779 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,030 m.

The land around Sainte-Suzanne is covered by water (46%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, water (56%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and water (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
1,779 m
80 km
3,030 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Sainte-Marie 6.0 km · Saint-André 8.0 km · Saint-Denis 17 km · Saint-Benoît 18 km · La Possession 28 km · Le Port 33 km · Saint-Paul 37 km · Le Tampon 42 km

Reunion travel facts

Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sainte-Suzanne (-20.9062°, 55.6079°, elevation 10 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).