Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Port-de-Paix, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 29.5°C; Port-de-Paix is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in MarchHaiti · 57 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in MarchHaiti · 69 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in MarchHaiti · 82 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Dessalines in MarchHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MarchHaiti · 93 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MarchHaiti · 134 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MarchHaiti · 160 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Léogâne in MarchHaiti · 160 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 44 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.