Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In November its highs average 27.8°C, 2.9°C cooler than Dessalines, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 18 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Dessalines is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs stay level at 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in NovemberHaiti · 23 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in NovemberHaiti · 26 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Gonaïves in NovemberHaiti · 28 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Arcahaie in NovemberHaiti · 55 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in NovemberHaiti · 65 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in NovemberHaiti · 78 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Carrefour in NovemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in NovemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 101 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.