Climate averages 1991–2020
Jacmel weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Jacmel: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Léogâne (32 km away). In October its highs average 30.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Jacmel, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Jacmel ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 30.1°C; Jacmel is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Léogâne in OctoberHaiti · 32 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Carrefour in OctoberHaiti · 36 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in OctoberHaiti · 40 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Pétionville in OctoberHaiti · 41 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Tigwav in OctoberHaiti · 41 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in OctoberHaiti · 44 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in OctoberHaiti · 50 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Arcahaie in OctoberHaiti · 59 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 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.