Port Louis
Capital of Mauritius: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Mauritius port louis: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius. About 155,226 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Mauritius in our atlas.
It lies at 20.16° S, 57.50° E, about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Mauritius time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Port Louis. Green dots: other major cities of Mauritius. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Port Louis has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (72°F). Around 675 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MauritiusNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 934154 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3929 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
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- Blue Penny Museum (Port Louis, Mauritius): Benoît Prieur, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mauritius Old-Post-Office-01: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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