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🇲🇺 Weather in Grand Baie in January

This is what the weather in Grand Baie (Mauritius) was like in January in 2017–2026.

Key facts at a glance

Prevailing weather: Light rain

Avg. daytime high

28.2 °C

27.5 °C – 29.0 °C

Avg. night-time low

26.5 °C

25.8 °C – 27.4 °C

Avg. rain days in period

15.0

48 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm

Avg. precipitation in period

134 mm

13.0 mm – 296 mm

Avg. cloud cover

49 %

This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.

Avg. sea temperature

–

Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).

Extremes: Highest temperature 30.0 °C (21 Jan 2024) · Lowest temperature 24.7 °C (1 Jan 2023) · Avg. daily peak wind 26 km/h

Weather mix of all days

  • 82Sunny
  • 73Partly cloudy
  • 5Cloudy
  • 85Light rain
  • 65Rain

Summary

  • On average 28.2 °C during the day and 26.5 °C at night.
  • On average 15.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 134 mm of precipitation in total.
  • Prevailing: Light rain.
  • Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 29.0 °C), coolest: 2023 (avg. 27.5 °C).
  • Wettest year: 2018 (296 mm), driest: 2017 (13.0 mm).
  • Extremes: 30.0 °C on 21 Jan 2024 and 24.7 °C on 1 Jan 2023.

Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?

Charts

Temperatures per year

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Precipitation & rain days

Year by year

  • 2026

    Light rain
    Avg. max28.1°Avg. min26.3°
    Rain days
    17 Rain days
    Precipitation
    75.3 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    45 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 29.1 °C · Min 24.8 °C

  • 2025

    Sunny
    Avg. max28.7°Avg. min26.8°
    Rain days
    4 Rain days
    Precipitation
    18.3 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    30 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 29.9 °C · Min 25.9 °C

  • 2024

    Rain
    Avg. max29.0°Avg. min27.4°
    Rain days
    22 Rain days
    Precipitation
    252 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    60 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 30.0 °C · Min 26.2 °C

  • 2023

    Rain
    Avg. max27.5°Avg. min25.8°
    Rain days
    16 Rain days
    Precipitation
    205 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    53 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 28.9 °C · Min 24.7 °C

  • 2022

    Light rain
    Avg. max28.2°Avg. min26.5°
    Rain days
    20 Rain days
    Precipitation
    135 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    57 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 29.5 °C · Min 25.3 °C

  • 2021

    Sunny
    Avg. max28.2°Avg. min26.4°
    Rain days
    11 Rain days
    Precipitation
    31.8 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    29 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 29.3 °C · Min 25.4 °C

  • 2020

    Rain
    Avg. max27.9°Avg. min26.3°
    Rain days
    19 Rain days
    Precipitation
    210 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    65 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 29.1 °C · Min 25.0 °C

  • 2019

    Sunny
    Avg. max28.4°Avg. min27.0°
    Rain days
    15 Rain days
    Precipitation
    101 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    48 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 29.2 °C · Min 26.1 °C

  • 2018

    Rain
    Avg. max27.9°Avg. min26.5°
    Rain days
    22 Rain days
    Precipitation
    296 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    58 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 28.7 °C · Min 25.6 °C

  • 2017

    Partly cloudy
    Avg. max27.8°Avg. min25.9°
    Rain days
    4 Rain days
    Precipitation
    13.0 mm
    Avg. cloud cover
    48 % cloudy
    Sea temperature
    –

    Max 28.5 °C · Min 25.1 °C

Frequently asked questions

How warm is it in Grand Baie in January?
Daytime highs averaged 28.2 °C, night-time lows 26.5 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 30.0 °C (21 Jan 2024), the lowest 24.7 °C (1 Jan 2023).
How often does it rain in Grand Baie in January?
On average there were 15.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 134 mm of precipitation in total.

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Data sources

Weather data
Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains.
Sea temperature
MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis)
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