Climate averages 1991–2020
Miragoâne weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Miragoâne: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tigwav (24 km away). In May its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Miragoâne, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Miragoâne ranks 5th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 30.2°C; Miragoâne is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tigwav in MayHaiti · 24 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Léogâne in MayHaiti · 49 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Jacmel in MayHaiti · 63 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 131 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MayHaiti · 71 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Carrefour in MayHaiti · 73 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Les Cayes in MayHaiti · 75 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in MayHaiti · 80 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MayHaiti · 81 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 240 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.