Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessalines (23 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 2.4°C warmer than Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Haiti, Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye ranks 15th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 30.1°C; Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dessalines in OctoberHaiti · 23 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Gonaïves in OctoberHaiti · 38 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Cap-Haïtien in OctoberHaiti · 46 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Saint-Marc in OctoberHaiti · 48 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Arcahaie in OctoberHaiti · 69 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Port-de-Paix in OctoberHaiti · 82 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in OctoberHaiti · 88 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in OctoberHaiti · 89 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 208 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.