Climate averages 1991–2020
Les Cayes weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Les Cayes: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Jérémie (64 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Les Cayes, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Les Cayes ranks joint 10th of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 30.1°C; Les Cayes is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 84 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jérémie in OctoberHaiti · 64 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Miragoâne in OctoberHaiti · 75 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Tigwav in OctoberHaiti · 97 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Léogâne in OctoberHaiti · 123 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Jacmel in OctoberHaiti · 128 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Arcahaie in OctoberHaiti · 145 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Carrefour in OctoberHaiti · 147 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in OctoberHaiti · 151 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 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.