Climate averages 1991–2020
Les Cayes weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Les Cayes: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Jérémie (64 km away). In March its highs average 27.6°C, 1.8°C cooler than Les Cayes, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Les Cayes ranks joint 11th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 29.5°C; Les Cayes is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 60 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
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 | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Jérémie in MarchHaiti · 64 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Miragoâne in MarchHaiti · 75 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Tigwav in MarchHaiti · 97 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Léogâne in MarchHaiti · 123 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Jacmel in MarchHaiti · 128 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MarchHaiti · 145 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Carrefour in MarchHaiti · 147 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MarchHaiti · 151 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 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.