Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In December its highs average 29.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Port-de-Paix, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks 13th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 17th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Port-de-Paix is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 71 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in DecemberHaiti · 57 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in DecemberHaiti · 69 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in DecemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Dessalines in DecemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in DecemberHaiti · 93 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 134 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 160 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Léogâne in DecemberHaiti · 160 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 29 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.