Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Port-de-Paix, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks joint 12th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 30.2°C; Port-de-Paix is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in MayHaiti · 57 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in MayHaiti · 69 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in MayHaiti · 82 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Dessalines in MayHaiti · 82 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MayHaiti · 93 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MayHaiti · 134 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MayHaiti · 160 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Léogâne in MayHaiti · 160 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 134 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.