Climate averages 1991–2020
Arcahaie weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Arcahaie: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cité Soleil (28 km away). In December its highs average 30.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Arcahaie, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Arcahaie ranks 7th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Arcahaie is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.3 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 28 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Carrefour in DecemberHaiti · 29 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in DecemberHaiti · 31 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Léogâne in DecemberHaiti · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in DecemberHaiti · 37 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Pétionville in DecemberHaiti · 37 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in DecemberHaiti · 43 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Tigwav in DecemberHaiti · 53 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 29 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.