Cap-Haïtien weather by month
The best time to visit Cap-Haïtien is February, June and July — 88/100 in February, 26°C and 14 rainy days. It is good year-round: every month scores within a few points of the best.
The worst month is November at 81/100 — hot, soaked, clean air. See November →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Good year-round · worst November (81/100)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 14
- Sun
- 10.4 h
- Humidity
- 80%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Cap-Haïtien, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Cap-Haïtien is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Cap-Haïtien through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Cap-Haïtien in February
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsKanaval, Rara season(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Cap-Haïtien
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Detailed February-specific trip reports for Cap-Haïtien are limited on the forum, though one visitor's arrival date lines up with Haiti's Carnaval season, which typically falls in February and draws real crowds and street celebrations to the country. Posters discussing Haiti more broadly consistently name the winter dry season, which February falls within, as the more comfortable and popular window to visit, with lower rainfall than the summer wet season. Given the limited destination-specific detail, this note is grounded in that broader Haiti dry-season pattern: warm days, comparatively lower humidity and rainfall than the summer months, plus the added draw of Carnaval-season energy for a February visit specifically.
Haiti's forum is candid that August sits inside hurricane season (June through November), and even without a named storm nearby you should expect a few severe rainstorms during any week-long stay - one traveler mentioned a Cap-Haïtien day trip getting delayed by heavy rain before clearing up. The heat is the more constant challenge: it's oppressive by mid-morning most days, humid enough that the rain barely cools things down. Plan outdoor sightseeing like the Citadelle for early morning and treat an afternoon downpour as the expected daily interruption rather than a surprise.
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