Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (23 km away). In May its highs average 32.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye ranks 14th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 30.2°C; Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Dessalines in MayHaiti · 23 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Gonaïves in MayHaiti · 38 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in MayHaiti · 46 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in MayHaiti · 48 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Arcahaie in MayHaiti · 69 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in MayHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MayHaiti · 88 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MayHaiti · 89 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 240 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.