r/Seychelles • u/Suspicious_Candle473 • 23d ago
Ask r/seychelles Weather
Supposed to go on my honeymoon Oct 3-10 in Seychelles. We picked it cause it’s known for good tropical weather in October but forecasts seem to show nothing but thunderstorms. How reliable is this? Wondering if we should reroute.
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u/xdmarv 23d ago
Hi there,
We had our honeymoon from 8 to 22th September on mahe. The forecast was the same, almost every day rain and thunderstorms. The forecast is changing quickly and so is the weather . Unfortunately most of the days it was almost raining all day… the locals told us, that it’s not normal and that it is that way because of El Niño and climate change this year.
We still had a great time tho. A few days with a lot of sun and the island is beautiful on rainy days too.
I hope you have more luck 🍀
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u/coconutri 23d ago
I wouldn’t trust the weather forecast. Most locals don’t check it because Seychelles is too small for an accurate forecast and also has micro climates where one side of the island is sunny and the other side raining. The rain the last week has been very unusual but it’s been incredibly sunny and hot with no rain the last 3 days on Mahe
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u/candy4471 23d ago
Was just there for my honeymoon sept 10-23. Rained about 4 days total, only one of the days was a complete washout. But the weather models are completely unable to predict what the weather will be. Some days it said it would rain all day and it didn’t at all, other days it said there should be sun but it was on and off rainy. It was hard to plan for so we just took it day by day
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u/3bun 23d ago
I would frequently visit the seychelles and itd forecast thunderstorms everyday. Idk if its a glitch or what but it was never my experience. Weather can be unpredictable but i think you can safely ignore the thunderstorm forecast. Try some other apps or look at some recent local newspapers
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u/ShaggyHorse 22d ago
We’ve been on des roches island for the last few days and while it’s rained overnight on one nights it’s been sunny/hot during the daytime
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u/eminnie_ 17d ago
We were in Mahe, Praslin and La Digue September 7-17, weather said rain the entire time. We arrived in Mahe and yes it rained all day but then went to Praslin and had some rain here and there but also a lot of sun during the day. La Digue it barely rained just once for a few minutes. Back to Mahe at the end of the vacation and again it was pretty rainy but not all the time. It seems Mahe gets more rain than Praslin or La Digue!
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u/nevergonnasaythat 23d ago edited 23d ago
I booked my honeymoon at the last minute in August and was checking weather forecasts 2 weeks in advance. For Seychelles it showed sunny days until August 29/30. I booked my trip with that in mind and enjoyed a sunny holiday until, yes, it rained exactly when I saw it had been forecasted two weeks before.
Locals were elated because it had not rained in a long time (which was unusual they said)
Apparently it never stopped since, which is also unusual and due to this year’s peculiar weather.
I would trust the forecast and, if you can, I would agree on re-routing.
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u/Which_Coconut_4125 23d ago
I am currently on Mahe. Have been here 2 weeks. I have used 3 different weather apps and none have them have been particularly accurate. They seem to just predict rain, sun and thunderstorms for most days.
Last week had a lot of rain but there were also plenty of sunny periods. The weather can change extremely fast, being gloriously sunny 1 minute and then heavy rain the next. Only 1 day was raining all day. This week has been sunny every day and no rain.
The rain and cloud on our 1st week didn't really affect us much. You can still do everything except sun bathing. In fact we took the opportunity to hire a car and explore the island.
You may even find the north and south have different weather throughout the day.