Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In April its highs average 30.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Port-de-Paix, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks 13th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 29.9°C; Port-de-Paix is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Port-de-Paix climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 71 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 46 | 9.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 62 | 12.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 68 | 14.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 20.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 68 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 49 | 14.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 67 | 16.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 94 | 20.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 115 | 20.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 110 | 19.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 68 | 13.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in AprilHaiti · 57 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in AprilHaiti · 69 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in AprilHaiti · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Dessalines in AprilHaiti · 82 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in AprilHaiti · 93 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Arcahaie in AprilHaiti · 134 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AprilHaiti · 160 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Léogâne in AprilHaiti · 160 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 80 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 Port-de-Paix) is explained once on the Port-de-Paix year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.