Climate averages 1991–2020
Cap-Haïtien weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Cap-Haïtien: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (46 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 1.9°C warmer than Cap-Haïtien, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Cap-Haïtien ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 30.2°C; Cap-Haïtien is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in MayHaiti · 46 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Gonaïves in MayHaiti · 62 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Dessalines in MayHaiti · 65 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in MayHaiti · 69 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MayHaiti · 89 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MayHaiti · 115 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MayHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 240 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MayHaiti · 132 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 240 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.