Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessalines weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Dessalines: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye (23 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Dessalines, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Dessalines ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 30.1°C; Dessalines is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in OctoberHaiti · 23 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in OctoberHaiti · 26 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Gonaïves in OctoberHaiti · 28 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Arcahaie in OctoberHaiti · 55 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in OctoberHaiti · 65 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in OctoberHaiti · 78 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Carrefour in OctoberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in OctoberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 208 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.