Climate Guide for January
January
coincides with the peak of the rainy season in Seychelles. An extremely
wet and humid month with occasional outbreaks of showers day or night with
a slight preference for rain in the late morning/afternoon hours. These
showers are sometimes accompanied by thunderstorms.
As is common in the tropics, it is not all gloom even in the rainy season,
you can still enjoy a fair amount of sunshine and if you’re in luck, you
can even get away with 3 or 4 consecutive days of gorgeous tropical
weather.
This is also the peak of the Cyclone Season over the Southwest Indian
Ocean; however these storms normally re-curve southwards and rarely affect
the Seychelles or at least the main granitic islands.
The
Northwest Monsoon reaches its peak during this same period; however these
winds do not have a very high constancy leading to occasional lulls in
wind.
Climatic Means and Extremes for January
