Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (23 km away). In December its highs average 30.7°C, 3.1°C warmer than Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 28.9°C; Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
December 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-Michel de l'Atalaye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 22 | 5.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 46 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 111 | 14.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 211 | 20.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 138 | 19.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 118 | 20.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 143 | 22.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 182 | 24.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 151 | 22.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 74 | 14.4 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 5.9 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dessalines in DecemberHaiti · 23 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Gonaïves in DecemberHaiti · 38 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in DecemberHaiti · 46 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in DecemberHaiti · 48 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in DecemberHaiti · 69 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in DecemberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in DecemberHaiti · 88 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in DecemberHaiti · 89 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 36 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-Michel de l'Atalaye) is explained once on the Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.