Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 2.5°C cooler than Dessalines, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 30.2°C; Dessalines is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 137 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in MayHaiti · 23 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MayHaiti · 26 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Gonaïves in MayHaiti · 28 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MayHaiti · 55 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in MayHaiti · 65 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MayHaiti · 78 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Carrefour in MayHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in MayHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°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 Dessalines) is explained once on the Dessalines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.