Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In December its highs average 30.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks 6th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Gonaïves is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.3 mm to 9.1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dessalines in DecemberHaiti · 28 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in DecemberHaiti · 37 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in DecemberHaiti · 38 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in DecemberHaiti · 57 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in DecemberHaiti · 62 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Léogâne in DecemberHaiti · 104 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 29 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.