Weekly note
Réunion
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The numbers

Daily high27°C
Nightly low24°C
Feels like, afternoon33°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more19 · 427 mm
Humidity88%
Sunshine9.5 h/day
Daylight11.6 h/day
Crowds80 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Saint-Gilles, on the west coast, 35 km from the airport (RUN): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

April: quieter than usual. Busiest in July, August and December; quietest in May.

Public holidays in April

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Réunion in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 27°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 19 rainy days and 427 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 88%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

CurrencyEuro
LanguagesFrench
PlugsType E, 220 V
DrivingOn the right
Calling code+262
Travel advice No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2025-12-10
HealthUK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-07. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival in Réunion: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

April elsewhere

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