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

  1. Jan 25°
  2. Feb 25°
  3. Mar 26°
  4. Apr 26°
  5. May 27°
  6. Jun 28°
  7. Jul 29°
  8. Aug 28°
  9. Sep 28°
  10. Oct 27°
  11. Nov 26°
  12. Dec 25°

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

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

MonthAvg highAvg lowMeanRecord highRecord lowDays above 25 °CDays above 30 °CDays below 0 °C
January29.8 °C20.6 °C24.9 °C33.4 °C13.1 °C31160
February30.4 °C21.1 °C25.3 °C34.1 °C14.5 °C28180
March30.4 °C21.6 °C25.6 °C35.9 °C14.0 °C31180
April30.6 °C22.5 °C26.1 °C35.5 °C16.5 °C30180
May30.7 °C23.6 °C26.7 °C36.4 °C15.9 °C31200
June32.1 °C24.7 °C28.0 °C38.2 °C21.2 °C30280
July33.1 °C25.0 °C28.5 °C38.4 °C22.4 °C31310
August32.8 °C25.0 °C28.3 °C38.3 °C22.1 °C31300
September31.7 °C24.3 °C27.5 °C37.0 °C20.5 °C30270
October30.7 °C23.5 °C26.7 °C35.6 °C18.3 °C31210
November29.8 °C21.9 °C25.5 °C34.7 °C15.7 °C30120
December29.7 °C20.8 °C25.0 °C33.8 °C12.4 °C31140

Rain, sun and wind month by month

MonthRainfallWet daysDaylightCloud coverHumidityWindSea temp
January23 mm611 h/day38 %73 %8.1 km/h27.8 °C
February39 mm712 h/day39 %71 %8.8 km/h27.6 °C
March94 mm1412 h/day48 %71 %8.3 km/h27.6 °C
April149 mm1813 h/day54 %74 %8.0 km/h28.1 °C
May222 mm2213 h/day66 %77 %8.0 km/h28.7 °C
June131 mm1813 h/day63 %74 %8.6 km/h29.2 °C
July114 mm1813 h/day57 %71 %8.5 km/h29.6 °C
August175 mm2113 h/day63 %73 %8.3 km/h30.0 °C
September199 mm2312 h/day69 %77 %7.6 km/h30.1 °C
October187 mm2212 h/day68 %79 %7.5 km/h29.9 °C
November88 mm1411 h/day57 %79 %7.3 km/h29.4 °C
December33 mm611 h/day42 %76 %7.8 km/h28.6 °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

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

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.