Climate averages 1991–2020
Miragoâne weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Miragoâne: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tigwav (24 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Miragoâne, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Miragoâne ranks joint 8th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Miragoâne is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tigwav in DecemberHaiti · 24 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Léogâne in DecemberHaiti · 49 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Jacmel in DecemberHaiti · 63 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Carrefour in DecemberHaiti · 73 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Les Cayes in DecemberHaiti · 75 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in DecemberHaiti · 80 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 81 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 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.