Climate averages 1991–2020
Jacmel weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Jacmel: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Léogâne (32 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Jacmel, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Jacmel ranks joint 16th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 29.9°C; Jacmel is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Jacmel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.512 h |
| March | 27.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 95 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 131 | 19.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 78 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 80 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 124 | 19.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 137 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 142 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 74 | 13.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 25 | 5.2 | 11.111 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
April in nearby cities
- Léogâne in AprilHaiti · 32 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Carrefour in AprilHaiti · 36 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in AprilHaiti · 40 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Pétionville in AprilHaiti · 41 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Tigwav in AprilHaiti · 41 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AprilHaiti · 44 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in AprilHaiti · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AprilHaiti · 59 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 27 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 Jacmel) is explained once on the Jacmel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.