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Mauritius, month by month

Where in Mauritius is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Mauritius in January

Plan January

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Chamarel.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Thaipoosam Cavadee (dates shift yearly)
  • Chinese Spring Festival (dates shift yearly)

Mauritius in February

Plan February

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Grand Bassin.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Maha Shivaratri at Grand Bassin (dates shift yearly)
  • Thaipoosam Cavadee (dates shift yearly)
  • Chinese Spring Festival (dates shift yearly)

Mauritius in March

Plan March

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Grand Bassin.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Maha Shivaratri at Grand Bassin (dates shift yearly)
  • Independence and Republic Day

Mauritius in April

Plan April

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Black River Gorges, Flic en Flac, Grand Baie, Grand Bassin, Le Morne, Port Louis, Rodrigues, Trou aux Biches.

Mauritius in May

Plan May

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Pamplemousses, Rodrigues.

Mauritius in June

Plan June

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Belle Mare, Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Mahebourg, Pamplemousses, Rodrigues.

Mauritius in July

Plan July

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Belle Mare, Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Mahebourg, Pamplemousses, Rodrigues.

Mauritius in August

Plan August

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Belle Mare, Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Mahebourg, Pamplemousses, Rodrigues.

Can fall this month

  • Ganesh Chaturthi (dates shift yearly)

Mauritius in September

Plan September

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Belle Mare, Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Mahebourg, Pamplemousses.

Can fall this month

  • Ganesh Chaturthi (dates shift yearly)
  • Père Laval pilgrimage

Mauritius in October

Plan October

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Pamplemousses.

Can fall this month

  • Divali (dates shift yearly)

Mauritius in November

Plan November

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Chamarel, Grand Bassin.

Can fall this month

  • Divali (dates shift yearly)
  • Arrival of Indentured Labourers

Mauritius in December

Plan December

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Chamarel, Flic en Flac, Grand Bassin, Le Morne.

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