Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 3.1°C cooler than Dessalines, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Dessalines is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 9.8 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in DecemberHaiti · 23 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in DecemberHaiti · 26 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Gonaïves in DecemberHaiti · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 55 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in DecemberHaiti · 65 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 78 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Carrefour in DecemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in DecemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 36 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.