Why now
Good time in March: 30°C days, 22 rainy days, sea 29°C.
The southern winter is dry, windy on the east coast and pleasant elsewhere; the hot season brings humidity and the cyclone risk. Diwali, Chinese New Year and Cavadee bring processions that are worth planning around if you like festivals and avoiding if you want the roads clear.
Best months here: June, September, October. March is not one of them — the label above measures the month against a fixed bar, not against the rest of the year here. Daytime highs, sea temperature and rainy days from three years of Open-Meteo reanalysis; a rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, which is the WMO threshold and not the same as "it drizzled". This page stands for a whole country, and its weather is measured at one point — -20.16°, 57.50°, near Plaine Magnien. Somewhere else in Mauritius the numbers will differ.
The place
Mauritius is a volcanic island ringed by reef and lagoon, with a Hindu-Creole-Franco-Chinese population that shows in the food, the temples and the fact that everyone switches languages mid-sentence. Beyond the resort strip it is sugar cane, mountain trails and small towns with good street food. It suits couples and families who want easy beaches and something to do on the third day.
What you can do
- 01Hike Le Morne Brabant early, a UNESCO site with a steep final scramble.
- 02Eat dholl puri from a street stall in Port Louis, then a Chinese lunch in Chinatown.
- 03Walk through Black River Gorges National Park to the viewpoints above the west coast.
- 04Snorkel Blue Bay Marine Park or take a catamaran to Île aux Cerfs.
- 05Visit the Aapravasi Ghat, where indentured labourers landed, and the Central Market beside it.
Where to stay · neighbourhoods
The west coast around Flic en Flac or Tamarin suits a first visit for sunsets and calm seas in any season; the east is best in the hot months, the north for a lively town.
Unusual things
- ◦Chamarel's Seven Coloured Earths and the rum distillery next door, in the hills behind the west coast.
- ◦Grand Bassin (Ganga Talao), the crater lake and Hindu pilgrimage site with its 33-metre Shiva statue.
- ◦The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden at Pamplemousses, with its giant water lilies and talipot palms.
Day trips
Flight options
Routes come from OpenFlights (historical) and a 2026 route reference compiled from public timetables. Durations are the published schedule where we have it, otherwise a block-time model fitted on measured nonstop flights. Verify schedules with the airline before booking.
Flight.Deals has not measured this route from Milan yet, but it does measure Mauritius from Rome (€910 typical) and Frankfurt (€751 typical).
Entry requirements · IT passport
Source: passport-index-data, March 2026 (coarse indicator), covering 258 of our 268 destinations for each of 199 passports. Always confirm with the destination's official site.
Airports
Distances are centre to airport derived · nonstop counts are our route reference for 2026, not every flight that exists.
Local transport
- Airport to city
- Taxi, 60 min, ~€40; car recommended
- Car needed?
- Recommended for most of what is worth seeing
- Getting around
- A hire car is the sensible way to see the island; buses are cheap, slow and finish early. The airport is in the southeast, about an hour from most resorts.
- Clock
- 3 hours ahead of Milan (Indian/Mauritius) derived
- Daylight
- 12.2 hours of daylight in March · sunrise 06:13, sunset 18:27 derived
- Currency
- MUR
Good to know
The cyclone season brings occasional storms that close the airport and beaches for a day or two; reef shoes help on the lagoon floor, where stonefish are rare but real.
Alternatives at a similar price
Whole trip per person for 4 days from Milan in March, then the flight time; estimates, like the total above.
AlUla
Miami
Las Vegas
Maldives
Dallas
Montego Bay