Victoria
Capital of Seychelles: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Victoria is the capital of Seychelles, in La Rivière Anglaise. About 22,881 people live in the city proper.
It lies at 4.62° S, 55.46° E, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Indian/Mahe time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Victoria. Green dots: other major cities of Seychelles. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Victoria has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 26°C (78°F). Around 1,339 mm (53 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 SeychellesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 241131 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3940 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ile de Mahe - Morne Seychellois (1): Remi Jouan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- State House Victoria Seychelles: Photography by Dino Sassi - Marcel Fayon, Photo Eden LTD, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Natural History Museum Seychelles: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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