Climate averages 1991–2020
Cap-Haïtien weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 2.7°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 29.9°C; Cap-Haïtien is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cap-Haïtien climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 108 | 15.4 | 11.111 h |
| February | 25.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 77 | 13.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 98 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 96 | 16.8 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 112 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 28.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 65 | 15.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 60 | 15.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 82 | 19.3 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 101 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 125 | 23.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 151 | 22.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 101 | 17.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in AprilHaiti · 46 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Gonaïves in AprilHaiti · 62 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Dessalines in AprilHaiti · 65 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in AprilHaiti · 69 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in AprilHaiti · 89 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AprilHaiti · 115 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in AprilHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AprilHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 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 Cap-Haïtien) is explained once on the Cap-Haïtien year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.