Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In February its highs average 29.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Port-de-Paix, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 17th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Port-de-Paix is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in FebruaryHaiti · 57 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in FebruaryHaiti · 69 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in FebruaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Dessalines in FebruaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in FebruaryHaiti · 93 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in FebruaryHaiti · 134 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in FebruaryHaiti · 160 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Léogâne in FebruaryHaiti · 160 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 22 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.