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Saint-Philippe
Saint-Philippe
Commune
	Location of Saint-Philippe
	Coordinates: 21°21′34″S 55°46′04″E / 21.3594°S 55.7678°E
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Réunion
Arrondissement	Saint-Pierre
Canton	Saint-Benoît-2
Intercommunality	CA du Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Rivière
Area 1	153.94 km2 (59.44 sq mi)
Population (2021)	5,074
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+04:00
INSEE/Postal code	97417 /97442
Elevation	0–2,630 m (0–8,629 ft) ; (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Philippe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ filip]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located in southeastern Reunion.

Geography

Saint-Philippe is on the highest point on the island. It borders the municipalities of Saint-Joseph and Sainte-Rose, to the west and north respectively. Although it is a coastal area, the administrative centre is in Les Hauts (the highland area of the island).

Climate

Saint-Philippe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Saint-Philippe is 23.1 °C (73.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 4,260.3 mm (167.73 in) with March as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 26.2 °C (79.2 °F), and lowest in July, at around 20.0 °C (68.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Philippe was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 10 December 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 13.7 °C (56.7 °F) on 20 August 2008.

Climate data for Saint-Philippe (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1989−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	34.3 (93.7)	34.2 (93.6)	34.4 (93.9)	32.2 (90.0)	30.1 (86.2)	28.5 (83.3)	30.0 (86.0)	29.0 (84.2)	29.5 (85.1)	31.7 (89.1)	32.5 (90.5)	34.7 (94.5)	34.7 (94.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.8 (85.6)	29.4 (84.9)	28.7 (83.7)	27.4 (81.3)	25.8 (78.4)	24.0 (75.2)	22.7 (72.9)	22.9 (73.2)	24.0 (75.2)	25.4 (77.7)	27.2 (81.0)	29.0 (84.2)	26.3 (79.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.2 (79.2)	26.1 (79.0)	25.5 (77.9)	24.4 (75.9)	22.8 (73.0)	21.1 (70.0)	20.0 (68.0)	20.1 (68.2)	20.8 (69.4)	22.0 (71.6)	23.5 (74.3)	25.2 (77.4)	23.1 (73.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.5 (72.5)	22.8 (73.0)	22.4 (72.3)	21.4 (70.5)	19.8 (67.6)	18.2 (64.8)	17.4 (63.3)	17.3 (63.1)	17.6 (63.7)	18.6 (65.5)	19.7 (67.5)	21.5 (70.7)	19.9 (67.8)
Record low °C (°F)	19.5 (67.1)	18.3 (64.9)	18.8 (65.8)	17.2 (63.0)	15.7 (60.3)	14.6 (58.3)	14.2 (57.6)	13.7 (56.7)	14.1 (57.4)	14.5 (58.1)	15.4 (59.7)	17.7 (63.9)	13.7 (56.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	399.0 (15.71)	555.2 (21.86)	564.4 (22.22)	445.4 (17.54)	345.5 (13.60)	299.9 (11.81)	370.1 (14.57)	341.7 (13.45)	275.2 (10.83)	216.0 (8.50)	172.2 (6.78)	275.7 (10.85)	4,260.3 (167.73)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	18.8	20.2	21.1	20.0	19.2	19.1	23.3	20.8	17.4	15.8	12.3	14.6	222.6
Source: Météo-France^[3]

History

A notable event in the commune's history was in 1897, when the British troopship RIMS Warren Hastings ran aground in the middle of the night. Two seamen died as a result, the crash sparked by a compass malfunction resulting from the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise. On board the ship was some electricity, for which the village of Tremblet would have to wait until 1984 to finally receive.