Climate averages 1991–2020
Miragoâne weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Miragoâne: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tigwav (24 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Miragoâne, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Miragoâne ranks joint 7th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.8°C; Miragoâne is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Miragoâne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 26 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 24 | 6.4 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 48 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 84 | 15.4 | 12.513 h |
| May | 30.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 136 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 93 | 16.3 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 95 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 116 | 19.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 129 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 145 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 84 | 14.1 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 32 | 6.6 | 11.011 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
August in nearby cities
- Tigwav in AugustHaiti · 24 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Léogâne in AugustHaiti · 49 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Jacmel in AugustHaiti · 63 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AugustHaiti · 71 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Carrefour in AugustHaiti · 73 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Les Cayes in AugustHaiti · 75 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in AugustHaiti · 80 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AugustHaiti · 81 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 193 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 Miragoâne) is explained once on the Miragoâne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.