Bandrélé

Bandrele (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃dʁele] ^ⓘ; sometimes spelled Bandrélé) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.

Bandrele
Commune
Mtsamoudou village, Bandrélé commune
Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte
Location of Bandrele
Coordinates: 12°54′33″S 45°11′40″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)
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

• Dapani
• Mtsamoudou

Îlot-Sable-Blanc-pointe-Saziley