Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks joint 11th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 29.5°C; Gonaïves is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dessalines in MarchHaiti · 28 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MarchHaiti · 37 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in MarchHaiti · 38 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in MarchHaiti · 57 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in MarchHaiti · 62 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MarchHaiti · 78 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MarchHaiti · 103 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Léogâne in MarchHaiti · 104 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 44 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.