Bandrele (; sometimes spelled Bandrélé) is a commune in the French

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, in the

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Geography

Climate

Bandrélé has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

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''Aw''). The average annual temperature in Bandrélé is . The average annual rainfall is with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around , and lowest in August, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bandrélé was on 20 November 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 29 August 2012.

Villages

Dapani Dapani is a village in the commune of Bandrele on Mayotte. It is located near the Pointes et plages de Saziley et Charifou protected area on the south-east of Mayotte. The protected area includes Dapani Beach and mangrove A mangrove is a sh ...

* Mtsamoudou

References

Populated places in Mayotte Communes of Mayotte {{Mayotte-geo-stub