Climate averages 1991–2020
Port-de-Paix weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Port-de-Paix: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonaïves (57 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Port-de-Paix, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Port-de-Paix ranks 9th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 30.1°C; Port-de-Paix is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gonaïves in OctoberHaiti · 57 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in OctoberHaiti · 69 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in OctoberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Dessalines in OctoberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in OctoberHaiti · 93 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Arcahaie in OctoberHaiti · 134 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in OctoberHaiti · 160 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Léogâne in OctoberHaiti · 160 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 132 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.