Best time to visit April through to October during the drier months. The long rains run from November through to March, with the wettest months being January and February. The winter months then run from May through to the end of October offering dry weather. April and May are green and verdant, whilst September and October can feel dry. Temperatures are cooler during the winter months.
The Seychelles islands are a group of coral and granite islands located in the Indian Ocean, between latitudes 4° and 9°. Situated approximately 1800 kilometres due east of the Kenyan-Tanzanian coastline, and measuring some 1500 kilometres from Bird Island in the northeast to Aldabra in the southwest, the Seychelles consists of 115 islands, 30 of which are inhabited.
At the moment, Journeys by Design designs itineraries that include the public islands Mahe, Praslin and La Digue, and the private islands North, Denis and Desroches. All situated in the northern half of the country, the public islands and North are granite, while Denis and Desroches are coral islands. The granite islands are generally larger and taller, with Mahe the tallest at 905m. Praslin is 367m high. La Digue 333m. North is tiny, Denis very low lying and Desroches is 330m at its highest point.
The climate in the Seychelles is governed by a complex interaction between the monsoons, the Indian Ocean currents, a meridional south high pressure zone and the inter-tropical convergence zone. Simply put, the drier and slightly cooler southeast trade winds blow between May and October, bringing little rain and fair weather. In November the winds change directions, the humid northwest monsoon winds ushering in the summer – December through March. In common, therefore, with subtropical Africa, the Seychelles experiences a wet season and a dry season, with April and November the transitional months – or autumn and spring respectively.
While always bimodal, the shape of the pattern changes from north to south, with levels of rainfall decreasing southwards, the dry season beginning to dominate – so much so that in the southwest, on Aldabra, average levels of precipitation range between 867mm and 1100mm per annum, the dry season lasting into early September. In contrast, on Denis, in the northwest, the levels of precipitation more than double, ranging from 1589mm to 2358mm, and the dry season lasts for just one to two months. Journeys by Design’s destinations are all located at the wetter end of the spectrum, but the rain, when it comes, is hard, short and occurs in the afternoon, leaving the rest of the day bright and clear. Temperatures are relatively constant at 27°C (winter) to 30°C (summer).
At 23°C – 27°C, the Seychellois water temperature amplitude is bigger than that of its air temperature, but swimming is always exceptionally pleasant, winter or summer, while the best diving and snorkelling is to be had during the transition months, when the water is still and clear. Fishing is good all year round; the Giant tortoise mates and nests between February and September, the Hawkesbill turtle nests June to September, the Green turtle October to January; the whale shark migration takes place between August and November; and humpback whales breed (in the south) November-April.
Seychelles luxury holidays are available all year round, but the sea is calmer between April and October, the climate drier, slightly cooler.
Wakati bora wa kutembelea ni kuanzia Aprili hadi Oktoba wakati wa miezi ya kiangazi. Mvua nyingi hunyesha kuanzia Novemba hadi Machi, na miezi yenye mvua nyingi ni Januari na Februari. Miezi ya majira ya baridi kali huanzia Mei hadi mwishoni mwa Oktoba na hutoa hali ya hewa kavu. Mwezi wa Aprili na Mei ni kijani na kijani kibichi, ilhali Septemba na Oktoba inaweza kuhisi kavu. Joto huwa baridi zaidi katika miezi ya majira ya baridi kali. Visiwa vya Seychelles ni kikundi cha visiwa vya matumbawe na granite vilivyo katika Bahari ya Hindi, kati ya latitudo 4 ° na 9 °. Visiwa vya Seychelles viko karibu kilomita 1,800 mashariki mwa pwani ya Kenya na Tanzania, na vina urefu wa kilomita 1,500 kutoka Kisiwa cha Bird kaskazini mashariki hadi Aldabra kusini magharibi, na vina visiwa 115, 30 kati ya hizo zina watu. Safari za kubuni zinajumuisha visiwa vya umma vya Mahe, Praslin na La Digue, na visiwa vya kibinafsi vya Kaskazini, Denis na Desroches. Visiwa vya Denis na Desroches ni visiwa vya matumbawe. Visiwa vya graniti ni kubwa na ndefu, na Mahe ni ndefu zaidi kwa mita 905. Praslin ni urefu wa mita 367. La Digue 333 Kaskazini ni ndogo, Denis ni ya chini sana na Desroches ni 330m katika sehemu yake ya juu. Hali ya hewa ya Seychelles inategemea mwingiliano kati ya mvua za monsoon, mawimbi ya Bahari ya Hindi, eneo la kusini la shinikizo la juu na eneo la mkusanyiko wa kati ya kitropiki. Kwa ufupi, upepo wa kusini-mashariki wenye ukame na baridi kidogo hupiga kati ya Mei na Oktoba, na kuleta mvua kidogo na halihewa nzuri. Mnamo Novemba upepo hubadilisha mwelekeo, upepo wenye unyevunyevu wa kaskazini magharibi wa monsoon unaanzisha majira ya joto <unk> Desemba hadi Machi. Kwa hiyo, kwa kawaida, na Afrika ya kitropiki, Seychelles hupata msimu wa mvua na msimu wa ukame, na Aprili na Novemba miezi ya mpito <unk> au vuli na spring kwa mtiririko huo. Wakati daima bimodal, umbo la muundo hubadilika kutoka kaskazini hadi kusini, na viwango vya mvua kupungua kuelekea kusini, msimu wa kavu unaanza kutawala - sana hivi kwamba kusini magharibi, kwenye Aldabra, viwango vya wastani vya mvua huanzia kati ya 867 na 1100mm kwa mwaka, msimu wa kavu unaendelea hadi mapema Septemba. Kwa upande mwingine, katika Denis, kaskazini magharibi, viwango vya mvua zaidi ya mara mbili, kuanzia 1589 mm hadi 2358 mm, na msimu wa kavu huchukua miezi moja hadi miwili tu. Safari na Design's malengo ni wote ziko katika mwisho mvua ya wigo, lakini mvua, wakati inakuja, ni ngumu, mfupi na hutokea katika alasiri, kuacha mapumziko ya siku mwanga na wazi. Joto ni wastani wa 27 ° C (majira ya baridi) hadi 30 ° C (kiangazi). Kwa 23 ° C hadi 27 ° C, joto la maji ya Seychelles ni kubwa kuliko joto la hewa, lakini kuogelea ni mara nyingi kupendeza, majira ya baridi kali au majira ya joto, wakati kupiga mbizi na snorkeling ni bora wakati wa miezi ya mpito, wakati maji ni bado na wazi. Uvuvi ni mzuri mwaka mzima; Turtle Giant huoa na kuzaa kati ya Februari na Septemba, Turtle Hawkesbill kuzaa Juni hadi Septemba, Turtle Green Oktoba hadi Januari, Uhamiaji wa papa nyangumi hufanyika kati ya Agosti na Novemba, na nyangumi wa humpback kuzaliana (kusini) Novemba-Aprili. Sehemu ya Seychelles ni maarufu kwa likizo ya kifahari, lakini wakati wa majira ya joto, bahari ni baridi zaidi.