Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In January its highs average 29.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Port-de-Paix, with 9.1 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks 14th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 28.8°C; Port-de-Paix is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in JanuaryHaiti · 57 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in JanuaryHaiti · 69 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in JanuaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Dessalines in JanuaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in JanuaryHaiti · 93 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JanuaryHaiti · 134 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JanuaryHaiti · 160 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Léogâne in JanuaryHaiti · 160 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 20 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.