Climate averages 1991–2020
Cap-Haïtien weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Cap-Haïtien is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 108 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in DecemberHaiti · 46 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Gonaïves in DecemberHaiti · 62 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Dessalines in DecemberHaiti · 65 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in DecemberHaiti · 69 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in DecemberHaiti · 89 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 115 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in DecemberHaiti · 132 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 132 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 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.