Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In April its highs average 32.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks 8th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 29.9°C; Gonaïves is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gonaïves climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 9.1 | 1.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 7.9 | 1.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 20 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 53 | 13.2 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 45 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 39 | 11.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 32.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 58 | 14.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 85 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 66 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 29 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 8.3 | 2.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Dessalines in AprilHaiti · 28 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in AprilHaiti · 37 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in AprilHaiti · 38 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in AprilHaiti · 57 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in AprilHaiti · 62 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AprilHaiti · 78 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AprilHaiti · 103 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Léogâne in AprilHaiti · 104 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 80 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 Gonaïves) is explained once on the Gonaïves year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.