Climate averages 1991–2020
Cap-Haïtien weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, 2.9°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 29.5°C; Cap-Haïtien is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in MarchHaiti · 46 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Gonaïves in MarchHaiti · 62 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Dessalines in MarchHaiti · 65 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in MarchHaiti · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MarchHaiti · 89 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MarchHaiti · 115 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MarchHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MarchHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 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.