Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Marc weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Saint-Marc: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (26 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Saint-Marc, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Marc ranks 8th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 30.1°C; Saint-Marc is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 45 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
Saint-Marc climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dessalines in OctoberHaiti · 26 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Gonaïves in OctoberHaiti · 37 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Arcahaie in OctoberHaiti · 43 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye in OctoberHaiti · 48 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Léogâne in OctoberHaiti · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in OctoberHaiti · 70 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Carrefour in OctoberHaiti · 72 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Port-au-Prince in OctoberHaiti · 74 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 208 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.