Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (23 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, 2.8°C warmer than Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 29.5°C; Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dessalines in MarchHaiti · 23 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Gonaïves in MarchHaiti · 38 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in MarchHaiti · 46 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MarchHaiti · 48 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MarchHaiti · 69 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in MarchHaiti · 82 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MarchHaiti · 88 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MarchHaiti · 89 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 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.