Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (23 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, 3.1°C warmer than Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye ranks 15th of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 28.8°C; Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 22 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-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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dessalines in JanuaryHaiti · 23 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Gonaïves in JanuaryHaiti · 38 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in JanuaryHaiti · 46 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in JanuaryHaiti · 48 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Arcahaie in JanuaryHaiti · 69 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in JanuaryHaiti · 82 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JanuaryHaiti · 88 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in JanuaryHaiti · 89 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°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-Michel de l'Atalaye) is explained once on the Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.