Climate averages 1991–2020
Jacmel weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Jacmel: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Léogâne (32 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, 1.9°C warmer than Jacmel, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Jacmel ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 29.5°C; Jacmel is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 95 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Léogâne in MarchHaiti · 32 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Carrefour in MarchHaiti · 36 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in MarchHaiti · 40 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Pétionville in MarchHaiti · 41 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Tigwav in MarchHaiti · 41 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MarchHaiti · 44 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MarchHaiti · 50 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MarchHaiti · 59 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 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.