Delmas climate
Delmas is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. May is the wettest month (222 mm) and January the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Delmas averages 1,454 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Haiti · population 395,260 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 33 °C
- Coldest month January 21 °C
- Driest month January 23 mm
- Wettest month May 222 mm
- Least cloud January 38 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 38 °C
- Coldest on record December 12 °C
- Warmest sea September 30 °C
What to expectDelmas through the year
Delmas has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 251 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 222 mm against 23 mm in January — 9.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Delmas is warmest in September at 30 °C and coldest in February at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8 °C | 23 mm | 38 % |
| February | 30.4 °C | 39 mm | 39 % |
| March | 30.4 °C | 94 mm | 48 % |
| April | 30.6 °C | 149 mm | 54 % |
| May | 30.7 °C | 222 mm | 66 % |
| June | 32.1 °C | 131 mm | 63 % |
| July | 33.1 °C | 114 mm | 57 % |
| August | 32.8 °C | 175 mm | 63 % |
| September | 31.7 °C | 199 mm | 69 % |
| October | 30.7 °C | 187 mm | 68 % |
| November | 29.8 °C | 88 mm | 57 % |
| December | 29.7 °C | 33 mm | 42 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8 °C | 20.6 °C | 24.9 °C | 33.4 °C | 13.1 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| February | 30.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 25.3 °C | 34.1 °C | 14.5 °C | 28 | 18 | 0 |
| March | 30.4 °C | 21.6 °C | 25.6 °C | 35.9 °C | 14.0 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| April | 30.6 °C | 22.5 °C | 26.1 °C | 35.5 °C | 16.5 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| May | 30.7 °C | 23.6 °C | 26.7 °C | 36.4 °C | 15.9 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| June | 32.1 °C | 24.7 °C | 28.0 °C | 38.2 °C | 21.2 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| July | 33.1 °C | 25.0 °C | 28.5 °C | 38.4 °C | 22.4 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| August | 32.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 28.3 °C | 38.3 °C | 22.1 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| September | 31.7 °C | 24.3 °C | 27.5 °C | 37.0 °C | 20.5 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| October | 30.7 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.7 °C | 35.6 °C | 18.3 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| November | 29.8 °C | 21.9 °C | 25.5 °C | 34.7 °C | 15.7 °C | 30 | 12 | 0 |
| December | 29.7 °C | 20.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 33.8 °C | 12.4 °C | 31 | 14 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 38 % | 73 % | 8.1 km/h | 27.8 °C |
| February | 39 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 71 % | 8.8 km/h | 27.6 °C |
| March | 94 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 48 % | 71 % | 8.3 km/h | 27.6 °C |
| April | 149 mm | 18 | 13 h/day | 54 % | 74 % | 8.0 km/h | 28.1 °C |
| May | 222 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 66 % | 77 % | 8.0 km/h | 28.7 °C |
| June | 131 mm | 18 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 74 % | 8.6 km/h | 29.2 °C |
| July | 114 mm | 18 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 71 % | 8.5 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| August | 175 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 73 % | 8.3 km/h | 30.0 °C |
| September | 199 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 77 % | 7.6 km/h | 30.1 °C |
| October | 187 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 79 % | 7.5 km/h | 29.9 °C |
| November | 88 mm | 14 | 11 h/day | 57 % | 79 % | 7.3 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| December | 33 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 42 % | 76 % | 7.8 km/h | 28.6 °C |
How Delmas compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmas | 33 °C | 21 °C | 1,454 mm | 364 |
| Pétionville · Haiti | 31 °C | 19 °C | 1,532 mm | 363 |
| Port-au-Prince · Haiti | 34 °C | 21 °C | 1,454 mm | 365 |
| Carrefour · Haiti | 33 °C | 21 °C | 1,285 mm | 365 |
| Saint-Marc · Haiti | 32 °C | 22 °C | 644 mm | 365 |
| Dessalines · Haiti | 34 °C | 21 °C | 966 mm | 365 |
| Port-de-Paix · Haiti | 32 °C | 22 °C | 1,000 mm | 360 |
Where Delmas ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October | 21stof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in September | 24thof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November | 37thof 50 | 29 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in August | 45thof 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Delmas.
QuestionsCommon questions about Delmas’s climate
When is the best time to visit Delmas?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Delmas get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 251 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Delmas?
May, averaging 222 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,454 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Delmas rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.