Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in July.
A very hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In July its highs average 31.3°C, 2.7°C cooler than Dessalines, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 18 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 18 cities is 31.9°C; Dessalines is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in JulyHaiti · 23 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in JulyHaiti · 26 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Gonaïves in JulyHaiti · 28 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JulyHaiti · 55 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in JulyHaiti · 65 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JulyHaiti · 78 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Carrefour in JulyHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 118 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in JulyHaiti · 82 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 130 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.