Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In January its highs average 27.6°C, 3.1°C cooler than Dessalines, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 28.8°C; Dessalines is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.8 mm to 11 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
Dessalines climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in JanuaryHaiti · 23 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in JanuaryHaiti · 26 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Gonaïves in JanuaryHaiti · 28 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JanuaryHaiti · 55 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in JanuaryHaiti · 65 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JanuaryHaiti · 78 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Carrefour in JanuaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in JanuaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.6°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 Dessalines) is explained once on the Dessalines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.