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Satellite view of Plages et Maars de Moya; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Plages et Maars de Moya

MayotteDzaoudzi · Mayotte · Mozambique Channel

-12.7831, 45.2976 · Labattoir, 2 km

  • 30°Sea · March
  • 29°High · April
  • 9.1 hSunshine · August
The dot marks Plages et Maars de Moya. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plages et Maars de Moya in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 9.1 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month22 mm in total
  • 11 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 27.5 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMarch and April30 °C
Most sunshineSeptember and October9 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September11 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°6 h268 mm
  2. Feb29°7 h194 mm
  3. Mar30°7 h166 mm
  4. Apr29°8 h74 mm
  5. May29°9 h29 mm
  6. Jun27°9 h18 mm
  7. Jul26°9 h15 mm
  8. Aug26°9 h11 mm
  9. Sep26°9 h12 mm
  10. Oct27°9 h22 mm
  11. Nov28°9 h62 mm
  12. Dec29°8 h131 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 30°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 26°Sep: 26°Oct: 27°Nov: 28°Dec: 29°26°30°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Feb: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Mar: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Apr: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)May: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Jul: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Aug: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Sep: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Oct: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Nov: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Dec: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 268 mm268Feb: 194 mmMar: 166 mmApr: 74 mmMay: 29 mmJun: 18 mmJul: 15 mmAug: 11 mm11Sep: 12 mmOct: 22 mmNov: 62 mmDec: 131 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.3 h6.3Feb: 6.8 hMar: 7.4 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 8.6 hJun: 8.6 hJul: 8.8 hAug: 9.1 h9.1Sep: 9.1 h9.1Oct: 9.1 h9.1Nov: 8.8 hDec: 7.9 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plages et Maars de Moya: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plages et Maars de Moya: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282829268276.317
February282829194246.815
Marchwarmest sea292830166267.413
April29282974178.113
May2827292998.617
June2726271858.619
July2625261558.819
August2625261149.114
September2625261259.111
October2726272289.111
November28272862148.812
December282829131227.912

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Plages et Maars de Moya: Moya Beach (10029931635)
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plages et Maars de Moya: Moya beach (2850902238)
Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plages et Maars de Moya: Moya beach (2850899532)
Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER40 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.140 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.2 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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