Le Tampon
City in Réunion: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Stade de Pont d'Yves: ThomasInTheSky, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Le Tampon is a city in Réunion, in Reunion. About 81,943 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Réunion in our atlas.
It lies at 21.28° S, 55.52° E, about 585 m (1,919 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Reunion time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Le Tampon. Green dots: other major cities of Réunion. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Le Tampon has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 21°C (70°F). Around 737 mm (29 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in RéunionNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 935582 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q13648 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Stade de Pont d'Yves: ThomasInTheSky, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)