Climate averages 1991–2020

Cap-Haïtien weather
in August.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 25.8°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 82 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cap-Haïtien · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, 2.0°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 143 mm of rain.

Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.8°C; Cap-Haïtien is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 101 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cap-Haïtien, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.9°C22.2°C22.2°C10815.411.111 h
February 25.9°C22.1°C22.1°C7713.711.511 h
March 26.0°C22.2°C22.2°C9815.312.012 h
April 26.7°C22.9°C22.9°C9616.812.613 h
May 27.7°C24.0°C24.0°C11219.913.113 h
June 28.9°C25.3°C25.3°C6515.513.313 h
July 29.0°C25.6°C25.6°C6015.313.213 h
August, selected 29.1°C25.8°C25.8°C8219.312.813 h
September 29.3°C25.5°C25.5°C10122.212.312 h
October 28.6°C24.8°C24.8°C12523.411.712 h
November 27.3°C23.8°C23.8°C15122.011.211 h
December 26.5°C23.0°C23.0°C10117.811.011 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

Distance from Cap-Haïtien

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 limits

How 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.