Port-de-Paix climate

Name: Port-de-Paix
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Port-de-Paix is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 22 °C. May is the wettest month (141 mm) and February the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Port-de-Paix averages 1,000 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Haiti · population 306,217 · 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 August 32 °C
Coldest month February 22 °C
Driest month February 26 mm
Wettest month May 141 mm
Least cloud February 31 % cloud
Hottest on record June 36 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectPort-de-Paix through the year

Port-de-Paix has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in February to 32 °C in August, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 190 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 141 mm against 26 mm in February — 5.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Port-de-Paix is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 26 °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	27.8 °C	40 mm	34 %
February	28.3 °C	26 mm	31 %
March	28.8 °C	44 mm	34 %
April	29.6 °C	72 mm	39 %
May	30.2 °C	141 mm	55 %
June	31.3 °C	118 mm	59 %
July	31.8 °C	78 mm	50 %
August	32.0 °C	102 mm	56 %
September	31.4 °C	138 mm	59 %
October	30.4 °C	130 mm	57 %
November	28.8 °C	75 mm	48 %
December	28.1 °C	36 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.8 °C	22.4 °C	24.6 °C	31.4 °C	17.3 °C	29	1
February	28.3 °C	22.4 °C	24.8 °C	32.1 °C	19.0 °C	27	4
March	28.8 °C	22.5 °C	25.1 °C	33.6 °C	18.8 °C	30	9
April	29.6 °C	23.3 °C	25.9 °C	35.0 °C	19.6 °C	30	12
May	30.2 °C	24.4 °C	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	20.4 °C	31	17
June	31.3 °C	25.6 °C	27.9 °C	35.5 °C	23.6 °C	30	27
July	31.8 °C	26.0 °C	28.3 °C	34.7 °C	24.3 °C	31	30
August	32.0 °C	26.2 °C	28.4 °C	34.7 °C	24.2 °C	31	30
September	31.4 °C	25.8 °C	28.0 °C	34.5 °C	23.5 °C	30	28
October	30.4 °C	25.2 °C	27.2 °C	33.5 °C	21.9 °C	31	21
November	28.8 °C	24.1 °C	26.0 °C	32.7 °C	21.1 °C	30	7
December	28.1 °C	23.2 °C	25.2 °C	32.3 °C	18.3 °C	30	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	40 mm	7	11 h/day	34 %	79 %	16 km/h	26.7 °C
February	26 mm	7	11 h/day	31 %	77 %	16 km/h	26.3 °C
March	44 mm	10	12 h/day	34 %	75 %	15 km/h	26.3 °C
April	72 mm	13	13 h/day	39 %	77 %	14 km/h	26.7 °C
May	141 mm	21	13 h/day	55 %	80 %	12 km/h	27.4 °C
June	118 mm	20	13 h/day	59 %	80 %	10 km/h	28.4 °C
July	78 mm	18	13 h/day	50 %	78 %	13 km/h	28.7 °C
August	102 mm	19	13 h/day	56 %	79 %	12 km/h	29.0 °C
September	138 mm	22	12 h/day	59 %	81 %	10 km/h	29.3 °C
October	130 mm	20	12 h/day	57 %	82 %	11 km/h	29.2 °C
November	75 mm	14	11 h/day	48 %	82 %	14 km/h	28.3 °C
December	36 mm	8	11 h/day	37 %	80 %	16 km/h	27.4 °C

How Port-de-Paix 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
Port-de-Paix	32 °C	22 °C	1,000 mm	360
Dessalines · Haiti	34 °C	21 °C	966 mm	365
Saint-Marc · Haiti	32 °C	22 °C	644 mm	365
Carrefour · Haiti	33 °C	21 °C	1,285 mm	365
Port-au-Prince · Haiti	34 °C	21 °C	1,454 mm	365
Delmas · Haiti	33 °C	21 °C	1,454 mm	364
Pétionville · Haiti	31 °C	19 °C	1,532 mm	363

Where Port-de-Paix ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in November	22nd of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in October	22nd of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in December	26th of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	32nd of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	34th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	36th of 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Port-de-Paix.

QuestionsCommon questions about Port-de-Paix’s climate

When is the best time to visit Port-de-Paix?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Port-de-Paix get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 190 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Port-de-Paix?

May, averaging 141 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is February with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,000 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 Port-de-Paix 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
Data point: 19.940°, -72.830° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.