Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In July its highs average 34.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks joint 5th of 18 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 18 cities is 31.9°C; Gonaïves is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Dessalines in JulyHaiti · 28 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in JulyHaiti · 37 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in JulyHaiti · 38 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in JulyHaiti · 57 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in JulyHaiti · 62 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JulyHaiti · 78 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JulyHaiti · 103 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Léogâne in JulyHaiti · 104 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 89 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.