Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonaïves weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Gonaïves: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (28 km away). In November its highs average 30.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Gonaïves, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Gonaïves ranks 6th of 18 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 18 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Gonaïves is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 8.3 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Dessalines in NovemberHaiti · 28 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in NovemberHaiti · 37 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in NovemberHaiti · 38 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in NovemberHaiti · 57 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in NovemberHaiti · 62 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Arcahaie in NovemberHaiti · 78 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in NovemberHaiti · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Léogâne in NovemberHaiti · 104 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 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.