Climate averages 1991–2020
Les Cayes weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Les Cayes: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jérémie (64 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Les Cayes, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Les Cayes ranks 12th of 18 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Les Cayes is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Les Cayes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| February, selected | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 41 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 60 | 13.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 100 | 15.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 62 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 54 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| August | 32.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 78 | 12.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 100 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 145 | 18.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 84 | 12.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 27 | 6.0 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jérémie in FebruaryHaiti · 64 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Miragoâne in FebruaryHaiti · 75 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Tigwav in FebruaryHaiti · 97 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Léogâne in FebruaryHaiti · 123 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Jacmel in FebruaryHaiti · 128 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Arcahaie in FebruaryHaiti · 145 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Carrefour in FebruaryHaiti · 147 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in FebruaryHaiti · 151 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 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 Les Cayes) is explained once on the Les Cayes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.