Climate averages 1991–2020
Cap-Haïtien weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 2.4°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 18th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Cap-Haïtien is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in FebruaryHaiti · 46 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Gonaïves in FebruaryHaiti · 62 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Dessalines in FebruaryHaiti · 65 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in FebruaryHaiti · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in FebruaryHaiti · 89 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in FebruaryHaiti · 115 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in FebruaryHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in FebruaryHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 42 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.