La Possession is warm all year: afternoons reach 27 to 32 degrees in every month
Twelve months of showers and storms leave about 539 mm. Set against mainland French towns, none of its figures stands out. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 13°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Port station, 6.1 km west.
A year in La Possession at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Port station.
What a year in La Possession feels like
Typical highs and lows in the rainier and the drier half of the year, and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Port.
About 539 mm of rain a year
January is the wettest month and July the driest. About 12 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 23rd wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Réunion.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Gillot-Aéroport
149 days of 30°C or more a year
About 358 days a year reach 25°C and 149 reach 30°C. Frost is unknown at the coast.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Port: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Le Port
Le Port is 6.1 km west of La Possession. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Possession itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Port (97407520) |
| Distance from the town | 6.1 km west |
| Station altitude | 9 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 204 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Gillot-Aéroport, 21 km away |
La Possession sits 195 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect La Possession to run about 1.3°C cooler than these figures.
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How La Possession compares
Against the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Réunion (the dots). Mainland France’s towns aren’t a fair comparison for a tropical climate.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | Warmest-month high | Coolest-month low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Possession | Le Port | 31.9°C | 19.1°C | 539 mm |
| Le Port 4.2 km | same station | 31.9°C about the same | 19.1°C about the same | 539 mm |
| Saint-Paul 11 km | Le Gol les Hauts - Cirad | 29.6°C 2.3°C cooler | 14.4°C 4.7°C colder | 1,162 mm |
| Saint-Denis 14 km | Gillot-Aéroport | 30.3°C 1.6°C cooler | 18.2°C 0.9°C colder | 1,530 mm |
| Les Trois-Bassins 18 km | Colimacons | 25.5°C 6.4°C cooler | 12.7°C 6.4°C colder | 1,069 mm |
| Salazie 20 km | Mare A Vieille Place | 26.3°C 5.6°C cooler | 11.4°C 7.7°C colder | 3,052 mm |
| Sainte-Marie 21 km | Menciol | 29.6°C 2.3°C cooler | 16.5°C 2.6°C colder | 3,411 mm |
La Possession weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Port station; sunshine at Gillot-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C | 24.7°C | 28.1°C | 118 mm | 218 |
| February | 31.9°C | 24.9°C | 28.4°C | 118 mm | 196 |
| March | 31.5°C | 24.3°C | 27.9°C | 105 mm | 215 |
| April | 30.9°C | 23.4°C | 27.2°C | 40 mm | 216 |
| May | 29.3°C | 21.8°C | 25.5°C | 19 mm | 214 |
| June | 27.7°C | 20.0°C | 23.9°C | 17 mm | 210 |
| July | 26.7°C | 19.1°C | 22.9°C | 5 mm | 222 |
| August | 26.6°C | 19.1°C | 22.9°C | 9 mm | 216 |
| September | 27.0°C | 19.6°C | 23.3°C | 8 mm | 211 |
| October | 28.0°C | 20.8°C | 24.4°C | 10 mm | 211 |
| November | 29.2°C | 22.1°C | 25.6°C | 20 mm | 212 |
| December | 30.7°C | 23.7°C | 27.2°C | 72 mm | 227 |
| Year | 29.3°C | 22.0°C | 25.6°C | 539 mm | 2,567 |
Where La Possession’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Port, 6.1 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Gillot-Aéroport, 21 km away.
- Comparisons: the towns of 2,500+ in Réunion, read the same way.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about La Possession’s climate
How warm does La Possession get in summer?
February is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.9°C. About 358 days a year reach 25°C, and about 149 reach 30°C.
Does La Possession ever get cool?
Not much: the coolest nights, in July, average 19.1°C.
How much rain does La Possession get?
About 539 mm a year. January is the wettest month (118 mm) and July the driest (5 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Gillot-Aéroport (21 km away), averages 2,567 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Possession itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Possession, Le Port, 6.1 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station LE PORT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Possession →
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