Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In August its highs average 33.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks joint 5th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.8°C; Gonaïves is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dessalines in AugustHaiti · 28 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in AugustHaiti · 37 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in AugustHaiti · 38 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in AugustHaiti · 57 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 26.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in AugustHaiti · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AugustHaiti · 78 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AugustHaiti · 103 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Léogâne in AugustHaiti · 104 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 111 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.