Mauritius

Capital City: Port Louis  Region: Africa
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Capital City: Port Louis
Mauritius (French: L’île Maurice, Mauritian Creole: Maurice)is a small, multicultural island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and southeast of the Seychelles. Mauritius also controls Rodrigues Island and the remote, sparsely populated Agalega and Cargados Garayos (Saint Brandon) islands.

Climate

Tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May); Natural hazards : Tropical cyclones (November to April);but most cyclones usually occur from the end of December until March. Mauritius has only two seasons, winter and summer. There is not much temperature differences between the two seasons of the year. The climate on the central plateau is cooler than on the coastal areas.
 ▪  Hottest part is the west coast
 ▪  Windiest part is the East coast
 ▪  December to February are the hottest month of the year
 ▪  The driest month of the year is October
 ▪  Coolest months are from June to August

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