Climate averages 1991–2020
Cap-Haïtien weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In January its highs average 27.6°C, 1.7°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 28.8°C; Cap-Haïtien is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in JanuaryHaiti · 46 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Gonaïves in JanuaryHaiti · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Dessalines in JanuaryHaiti · 65 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in JanuaryHaiti · 69 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in JanuaryHaiti · 89 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JanuaryHaiti · 115 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in JanuaryHaiti · 132 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JanuaryHaiti · 132 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 25 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.