Les Cayes weather by month & the best time to visit
🇭🇹 Haiti · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Les Cayes is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with March and January close behind. Les Cayes averages about 2,925 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 19 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,925
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 645 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 175k
- Elevation
- 59 m
When is the best time to visit Les Cayes?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Les Cayes is February, then March and January. The dullest month is October (74/100, 119 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Les Cayes?
Les Cayes gets a lot of sun: around 2,925 hours a year. February (93/100) is noticeably better than October (74). It ranks #3 of 4 destinations in Haiti for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,944 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around October, carries about 42% of the annual 645 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 91 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 29 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 19 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| March | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 24 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| April | 91 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 30 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 84 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 69 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| June | 85 | 31° / 88°F | 27° / 81°F | 60 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 88 | 32° / 90°F | 27° / 81°F | 48 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 85 | 32° / 90°F | 27° / 81°F | 64 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 83 | 31° / 88°F | 27° / 81°F | 74 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| October | 74 | 30° / 86°F | 27° / 81°F | 119 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 75 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 90 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 34 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Les Cayes by month
The sea off Les Cayes is warmest in July at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 28°C / 82°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Port-au-Prince Haiti · 161 km · best in Feb · 3,150 h sun/yr
- Cap Haitien Haiti · 232 km · best in Feb · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Kingston Jamaica · 319 km · best in Feb · 2,921 h sun/yr
- Puerto Plata Dominican Republic · 377 km · best in Feb · 2,675 h sun/yr
- Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands · 421 km · best in Feb · 3,149 h sun/yr
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic · 435 km · best in Feb · 2,867 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Jérémie Haiti · 59 km · 2,863 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Baracoa Cuba · 245 km · 2,719 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Barahona Dominican Republic · 282 km · 2,956 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Matthew Town Bahamas · 301 km · 3,219 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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