The average temperature on the coast is 18-31°C, although it is cooler in the hilly interior. The island is divided by its mountain range into the lusher, humid, rainier east (windward) side and the drier (leeward) coast to the south and west.

Temperatures and rainfall vary according to the altitude and exposure.

The year is divided into two seasons:

• The cool dry season, which lasts from May to October during which ‘winter’ falls between June and August near the mountain peaks.
• The hot wet season, from November to April, which receives two thirds of the annual rainfall. The peak of the rainy season is during January and February.

The combination of the whims of geography, altitude, and the exposure to the trade winds creates innumerable microclimates that make up the originality of Réunion...