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Satellite view of Bassin Dix-Huit; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cove

Bassin Dix-Huit

ReunionReunion · Indian Ocean

-21.3547, 55.5072 · Saint-Pierre, 4 km

  • 28°Sea · February
  • 28°High · February
  • 9.4 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Bassin Dix-Huit. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Bassin Dix-Huit in October

  • 24°CAir, daytime high22°C at night
  • 24°CSea temperature
  • 9.1 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month30 mm in total
  • 21 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 33Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 10 kmAirport: Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 24.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 24.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 24.1 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March28 °C
Most sunshineNovember and December9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August26 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h128 mm
  2. Feb28°8 h114 mm
  3. Mar28°8 h137 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h76 mm
  5. May26°7 h50 mm
  6. Jun25°7 h31 mm
  7. Jul24°7 h26 mm
  8. Aug23°8 h26 mm
  9. Sep23°9 h28 mm
  10. Oct24°9 h30 mm
  11. Nov25°9 h40 mm
  12. Dec27°9 h50 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 28°Mar: 28°Apr: 27°May: 26°Jun: 25°Jul: 24°Aug: 23°Sep: 23°Oct: 24°Nov: 25°Dec: 27°28°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
22°24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Feb: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Mar: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Apr: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)May: 25 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Jun: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Jul: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 22°)Aug: 22 °C (High 22° / Low 21°)Sep: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 21°)Oct: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Nov: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Dec: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)27°22°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 128 mmFeb: 114 mmMar: 137 mm137Apr: 76 mmMay: 50 mmJun: 31 mmJul: 26 mm26Aug: 26 mmSep: 28 mmOct: 30 mmNov: 40 mmDec: 50 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.2 hFeb: 8.2 hMar: 7.8 hApr: 7.6 hMay: 7.2 hJun: 7.1 h7.1Jul: 7.3 hAug: 8.0 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 9.1 hNov: 9.3 hDec: 9.4 h9.4

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Bassin Dix-Huit: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Bassin Dix-Huit: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282627128188.222
Februarywarmest sea282628114178.222
March272628137177.823
April27252776157.622
May25242650137.222
June24222531127.124
July23222426117.324
August22212326118.024
September2321232898.822
October24222430109.121
November25242540109.319
December27252750129.419

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Bassin Dix-Huit: Bassin Dix-Huit
Photo: Clémenceau Lauret · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Bassin Dix-Huit: Bassin Dix-Huit (41690)
Photo: Clémenceau Lauret · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER20 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.120 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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