Bandrele (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃dʁele]; sometimes spelled Bandrélé) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
Bandrele | |
|---|---|
 Mtsamoudou village, Bandrélé commune | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte | |
Location of Bandrele  | |
| Coordinates: 12°54′33″S 45°11′40″E / 12.9092°S 45.1944°E | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Mayotte |
| Canton | Bouéni and Dembeni |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ali Moussa Moussa Ben[1] |
| Area 1 | 36.46 km2 (14.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | 10,282 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97603 /97660 |
| Elevation | 0–297 m (0–974 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Bandrélé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Bandrélé is 26.7 °C (80.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,277.3 mm (50.29 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 28.0 °C (82.4 °F), and lowest in August, at around 24.6 °C (76.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Bandrélé was 34.2 °C (93.6 °F) on 20 November 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 17.3 °C (63.1 °F) on 29 August 2012.
| Climate data for Bandrélé (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2004−2014) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.3 (86.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.2 (93.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.3 (86.5) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.2 (86.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.2 (73.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 292.8 (11.53) | 245.5 (9.67) | 202.3 (7.96) | 103.8 (4.09) | 34.0 (1.34) | 23.0 (0.91) | 16.7 (0.66) | 12.4 (0.49) | 17.0 (0.67) | 46.9 (1.85) | 84.8 (3.34) | 198.1 (7.80) | 1,277.3 (50.29) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.1 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 97.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Villages
References
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