Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 2.7°C cooler than Dessalines, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 29.9°C; Dessalines is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Dessalines climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.512 h |
| March | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 66 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 176 | 20.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 137 | 19.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 34.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 104 | 17.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 121 | 20.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 158 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 137 | 19.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 56 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 12 | 2.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in AprilHaiti · 23 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in AprilHaiti · 26 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Gonaïves in AprilHaiti · 28 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AprilHaiti · 55 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in AprilHaiti · 65 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AprilHaiti · 78 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Carrefour in AprilHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in AprilHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 169 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 Dessalines) is explained once on the Dessalines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.