Climate averages 1991–2020
Jacmel weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Jacmel: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Léogâne (32 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Jacmel, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Jacmel ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 30.2°C; Jacmel is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Léogâne in MayHaiti · 32 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Carrefour in MayHaiti · 36 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in MayHaiti · 40 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Pétionville in MayHaiti · 41 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Tigwav in MayHaiti · 41 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MayHaiti · 44 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MayHaiti · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 240 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MayHaiti · 59 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 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.