Port-au-Prince weather by month
The best time to visit Port-au-Prince is December to February — 77/100 in January, 32°C and 7 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, November to March (72/100 on average).
The worst month is September at 49/100 — sweltering, soaked, muggy air. See September →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Haiti →
Best season: November to March (72/100 on average) · worst September (49/100)
- Days
- 32°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 7
- Sun
- 10 h
- Humidity
- 76%
- Daylight
- 11 h

Port-au-Prince, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Port-au-Prince 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 Port-au-Prince 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 Port-au-Prince in January
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.
BusyIndependence Day and soup joumou, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Port-au-Prince
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe January as sitting within Port-au-Prince's driest stretch of the year, with December and January each seeing around six inches of rainfall - genuinely the least rain of any two-month period. Posters note temperatures stay warm essentially year-round here, with average lows just below 70F and average highs just above 85F showing relatively little seasonal swing compared to many destinations. Posters generally frame January as a good pick from a pure weather standpoint, combining the year's driest conditions with consistently warm temperatures, though posters' broader discussion of Port-au-Prince tends to focus heavily on safety and logistics given the security situation.
Forum posters describe Port-au-Prince as staying fairly consistent year-round, with average lows just below 70F and average highs just above 85F, though posters flag real seasonal rainfall and hurricane risk that visitors should weigh alongside those steady temperatures. Posters discussing summer travel to Haiti specifically warn that a week-long July visit will likely include a few severe rainstorms on top of genuinely overwhelming heat and humidity. Posters generally recommend monitoring hurricane season developments for any Haiti trip planned for this time of year, given the real, if not guaranteed, storm risk. Posters generally rate July as hot and storm-prone, workable for a visit but requiring real weather-contingency awareness.
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