Port-au-Prince weather in February
February in Port-au-Prince: sweltering, a little rain — fine if you can take 36°C afternoons.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#2 of 12 months in Port-au-Prince · #670 of 1413 destinations to visit in February · comfort 75/100 (tier B)
- Days
- 32°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 8
- Sun
- 10.5 h
- Humidity
- 73%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Port-au-Prince in February
Notes from nearby Cap-Haïtien (136 km away)
Port-au-Prince doesn't have its own notes for February yet — these are about Cap-Haïtien, close enough to share the season.
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.
Other months in Port-au-Prince
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.
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.
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Port-au-Prince climate normals — February
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Port-au-Prince 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
Best months for Port-au-Prince's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Best weatherPort-au-Prince's weather peaks December–February, best around January.
February includes Kanaval.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Port-au-Prince in February
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Festival
Kanaval
5–25 Feb · usuallyCarnivalCrowdedSunday rehearsals build through the weeks before Lent and the three days themselves close the Champ de Mars to everything else. The national carnival rotates between cities and has been cancelled outright in bad years. Source ↗
- Festival
Rara season
10 Feb – 25 Apr · usuallyEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBetween the first Sunday of Lent and Easter, rara bands parade on Sunday nights with drums and vaksin horns. Whether any of it can safely be seen in the capital depends on the security situation at the time. Source ↗
Where is Port-au-Prince?
Port-au-Prince in February — FAQ
- Is February a good time to visit Port-au-Prince?
- February in Port-au-Prince: sweltering, a little rain — fine if you can take 36°C afternoons. It ranks #2 of 12 months for Port-au-Prince on SeasonMap's comfort score (75/100).
- What is the weather like in Port-au-Prince in February?
- In February, Port-au-Prince averages a daily high of 32.2°C and a low of 23°C, with about 37.2 mm of rain over roughly 7.5 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Port-au-Prince in February?
- Port-au-Prince has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 90 in February.