Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In February its highs average 31.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks 11th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Gonaïves is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 9.6 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dessalines in FebruaryHaiti · 28 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in FebruaryHaiti · 37 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in FebruaryHaiti · 38 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in FebruaryHaiti · 57 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in FebruaryHaiti · 62 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Arcahaie in FebruaryHaiti · 78 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in FebruaryHaiti · 103 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Léogâne in FebruaryHaiti · 104 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 22 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.