Seasonal guide · ACC → MRU

Best Time to Fly: AccraMauritius

CapitalPort Louis
Population1,243,741
CurrencyMUR โ‚จ Mauritian rupee
LanguageBhojpuri
Time ZoneUTC+04:00
AirportMRU
Distance6,947 km
Flight Time8h 40m
Visitors/yr~6,472,496

The honest answer to when you should fly Accra to Mauritius is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, May-Jul, Oct gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Mauritius.

Weather in Mauritius, month by month

Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Mauritius’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is January (average high 28°C), the coolest is July (average low 19°C), and the wettest is January (201 mm).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysAccra high
January28°C24°C201 mm2732°C
February28°C24°C157 mm2332°C
March28°C23°C149 mm2732°C
April27°C23°C156 mm2632°C
May good25°C22°C175 mm2431°C
June good24°C20°C147 mm2429°C
July good23°C19°C103 mm2127°C
August23°C19°C147 mm2527°C
September23°C19°C130 mm2628°C
October good25°C20°C105 mm2329°C
November27°C21°C158 mm2430°C
December27°C23°C181 mm2631°C

Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.

Packing for the gap: in July, Mauritius averages 23°C against 27°C in Accra — about 4°C cooler, so pack a layer more than you would at home.

Time difference and jet lag

Mauritius runs 4 hours ahead of Accra. Travelling east is the harder direction to adjust to, so if the trip is short, an early departure that lands in daylight is worth more than a marginally cheaper overnight.

When fares move on this route

We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:

  • The travel date matters more than the booking date. Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday, because that is when demand actually sits.
  • Comfortable weather and low fares rarely coincide. May-Jul, Oct is the pleasant window in Mauritius, which is also when more people want to go. The shoulder weeks either side of it are usually the better value.
  • School holidays and local events override everything. A festival or a public holiday at either end will outweigh any general booking rule.
  • Set an alert rather than watching manually. Fares move at hours you are not looking, and the useful booking window is weeks wide, not days.

Which day to fly

Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Accra–Mauritius, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.

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