Climate averages 1991–2020
Arcahaie weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Arcahaie: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cité Soleil (28 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Arcahaie, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Arcahaie ranks joint 9th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.8°C; Arcahaie is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arcahaie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 7.8 | 2.0 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 15 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 27 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 56 | 12.2 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 21 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 31.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 48 | 9.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 8.3 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Cité Soleil in AugustHaiti · 28 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Carrefour in AugustHaiti · 29 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in AugustHaiti · 31 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Léogâne in AugustHaiti · 32 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in AugustHaiti · 37 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Pétionville in AugustHaiti · 37 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 193 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in AugustHaiti · 43 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Tigwav in AugustHaiti · 53 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 111 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arcahaie) is explained once on the Arcahaie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.