Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Marc weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Saint-Marc: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (26 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Saint-Marc, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Marc ranks 5th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 28.8°C; Saint-Marc is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 11 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
Saint-Marc climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 20 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 37 | 11.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 73 | 17.1 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 63 | 17.0 | 13.313 h |
| July | 32.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 63 | 16.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 84 | 19.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 97 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 87 | 18.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 45 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 11 | 3.0 | 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
- Dessalines in JanuaryHaiti · 26 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Gonaïves in JanuaryHaiti · 37 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JanuaryHaiti · 43 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in JanuaryHaiti · 48 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Léogâne in JanuaryHaiti · 67 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JanuaryHaiti · 70 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Carrefour in JanuaryHaiti · 72 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in JanuaryHaiti · 74 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 25 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 Saint-Marc) is explained once on the Saint-Marc year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.