Climate averages 1991–2020
Jacmel weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Jacmel: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Léogâne (32 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jacmel, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Jacmel ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Jacmel is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Léogâne in DecemberHaiti · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Carrefour in DecemberHaiti · 36 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in DecemberHaiti · 40 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Pétionville in DecemberHaiti · 41 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Tigwav in DecemberHaiti · 41 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 44 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in DecemberHaiti · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 59 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 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.