Is Le Hochet safe? Mauritius travel risk
Is Le Hochet safe right now? Checked 21 October 2026
Le Hochet scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Mauritius Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 8 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Le Hochet scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Mauritius (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Le Hochet: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (25/100) and crime and scams (29/100).
A score of 27 is higher than 6% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 20.1350° S, 57.5211° E place Le Hochet within Pamplemousses at an elevation of 35 meters. Heading to Port Louis: 3.7 km SSW.
Pamplemousses
20.1350° S, 57.5211° E
35 m
Indian/Mauritius
15,034
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Mauritius)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (30 °C avg high); Wettest: January (203 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 203 | 175 | 160 | 113 | 67 | 44 | 46 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 62 | 118 |
Normals: Port Louis (3.7 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Le Hochet happened in January, February and April (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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