Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (23 km away). In February its highs average 31.4°C, 3.0°C warmer than Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 29.2°C; Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dessalines in FebruaryHaiti · 23 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Gonaïves in FebruaryHaiti · 38 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in FebruaryHaiti · 46 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in FebruaryHaiti · 48 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in FebruaryHaiti · 69 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in FebruaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in FebruaryHaiti · 88 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in FebruaryHaiti · 89 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 42 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.