Port-au-Prince weather by month & the best time to visit
🇭🇹 Haiti · coastal city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Port-au-Prince is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with January and March close behind. Port-au-Prince averages about 3,150 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,150
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 509 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 2M
- Elevation
- 27 m
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When is the best time to visit Port-au-Prince?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port-au-Prince is February, then January and March. The dullest month is August (69/100, 64 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port-au-Prince?
Port-au-Prince is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,150 hours of sunshine a year. February (95/100) is noticeably better than August (69). Port-au-Prince is the sunniest of the 4 destinations tracked in Haiti. The year's 509 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 19 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 16 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| March | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 24 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| April | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 37 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 86 | 32° / 90°F | 26° / 79°F | 62 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| June | 81 | 33° / 91°F | 27° / 81°F | 41 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 73 | 34° / 93°F | 27° / 81°F | 38 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 69 | 34° / 93°F | 27° / 81°F | 64 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 80 | 33° / 91°F | 27° / 81°F | 49 mm | 11 | 32° / 90°F |
| October | 84 | 32° / 90°F | 27° / 81°F | 75 mm | 10 | 32° / 90°F |
| November | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 56 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 28 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Port-au-Prince by month
The sea off Port-au-Prince is warmest in September at around 32°C / 90°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
- Cap Haitien Haiti · 128 km · best in Feb · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Puerto Plata Dominican Republic · 223 km · best in Feb · 2,675 h sun/yr
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic · 277 km · best in Feb · 2,867 h sun/yr
- Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands · 355 km · best in Feb · 3,149 h sun/yr
- Punta Cana Dominican Republic · 414 km · best in Feb · 2,882 h sun/yr
- Kingston Jamaica · 480 km · best in Feb · 2,921 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Barahona Dominican Republic · 129 km · 2,956 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Les Cayes Haiti · 161 km · 2,925 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Jérémie Haiti · 198 km · 2,863 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- La Isabela Dominican Republic · 243 km · 2,867 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Port-au-Prince compares month by month: Port-au-Prince vs Santo Domingo · Port-au-Prince vs Kingston · Port-au-Prince vs Cap Haitien · Port-au-Prince vs Puerto Plata · all comparisons
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