Jacmel climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jacmel?

Jacmel has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,060 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jacmel?

The hottest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2023, reaching 31.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jacmel?

The coldest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 17.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jacmel?

Almost never: Jacmel sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Jacmel warmed?

Yes: Jacmel warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jacmel?

The wettest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1998, with 227 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jacmel?

The windiest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1980, with winds reaching 71.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jacmel?

The warmest month in Jacmel is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jacmel?

Jacmel receives on average 1,060 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jacmel?

Jacmel gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jacmel (Haiti) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,060 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Jacmel averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.

Jacmel has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 12 July 2023) and the coldest 17.0 °C (on 15 January 1956).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

JacmelSud-Est

coords: 18.24°, -72.54°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,060mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

190 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.1 °C

Average peak gust

27.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

358 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

31.6 °C

12 July 2023

Coldest day

17.0 °C

15 January 1956

Wettest day

227 mm

23 September 1998

Windiest day

71.7 km/h

5 August 1980

Strongest gust

154.8 km/h

5 August 1980

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

20 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

15.4 °C

7 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.8 h

21 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.0 °C25 August 2025	20.3 °C20 March 2025	25.5 °C	1,078 mm	1
2024	30.1 °C21 August 2024	19.7 °C9 February 2024	25.9 °C	1,022 mm	1
2023	31.6 °C12 July 2023	19.2 °C18 January 2023	25.7 °C	894 mm	13
2022	29.4 °C19 September 2022	20.1 °C5 February 2022	24.9 °C	926 mm	0
2021	29.2 °C23 August 2021	20.4 °C6 January 2021	25.0 °C	1,038 mm	0
2020	30.1 °C29 July 2020	20.5 °C17 March 2020	25.4 °C	884 mm	1
2019	29.2 °C5 August 2019	20.6 °C10 January 2019	25.2 °C	886 mm	0
2018	28.9 °C8 August 2018	19.6 °C5 March 2018	25.0 °C	667 mm	0
2017	30.5 °C20 September 2017	18.3 °C21 January 2017	25.2 °C	1,032 mm	1
2016	29.9 °C5 September 2016	19.9 °C5 February 2016	25.3 °C	1,233 mm	0
2015	30.1 °C30 August 2015	20.8 °C12 February 2015	25.5 °C	629 mm	5
2014	29.5 °C24 July 2014	21.1 °C7 December 2014	25.1 °C	643 mm	0
2013	29.1 °C23 August 2013	20.3 °C15 January 2013	25.0 °C	926 mm	0
2012	29.1 °C4 July 2012	20.1 °C25 January 2012	25.0 °C	1,208 mm	0
2011	29.7 °C22 August 2011	19.3 °C1 January 2011	24.8 °C	1,210 mm	0
2010	29.6 °C19 June 2010	18.7 °C25 December 2010	25.2 °C	1,309 mm	0
2009	29.3 °C29 July 2009	19.1 °C2 January 2009	24.8 °C	862 mm	0
2008	29.1 °C21 August 2008	18.5 °C31 January 2008	24.6 °C	1,352 mm	0
2007	29.3 °C10 July 2007	19.7 °C31 March 2007	25.0 °C	1,229 mm	0
2006	29.2 °C22 August 2006	20.0 °C5 January 2006	25.0 °C	947 mm	0
2005	29.5 °C21 June 2005	18.1 °C9 February 2005	25.0 °C	1,373 mm	0
2004	28.9 °C24 June 2004	19.5 °C29 March 2004	24.6 °C	952 mm	0
2003	28.6 °C14 July 2003	19.1 °C30 December 2003	24.9 °C	1,037 mm	0
2002	29.5 °C14 July 2002	20.2 °C28 February 2002	24.9 °C	737 mm	0
2001	29.2 °C29 July 2001	18.8 °C28 February 2001	24.6 °C	878 mm	0
2000	30.2 °C22 August 2000	17.7 °C16 January 2000	24.5 °C	732 mm	1
1999	28.7 °C1 August 1999	19.0 °C4 December 1999	24.4 °C	1,100 mm	0
1998	29.8 °C22 September 1998	19.3 °C11 February 1998	25.1 °C	1,209 mm	0
1997	30.4 °C6 July 1997	19.8 °C4 January 1997	24.9 °C	662 mm	2
1996	29.1 °C25 July 1996	19.0 °C26 January 1996	24.3 °C	1,151 mm	0
1995	28.8 °C4 September 1995	19.1 °C15 March 1995	24.6 °C	1,030 mm	0
1994	29.3 °C20 July 1994	20.1 °C28 December 1994	24.5 °C	915 mm	0
1993	29.1 °C21 July 1993	19.0 °C3 February 1993	24.6 °C	1,018 mm	0
1992	29.0 °C28 August 1992	19.7 °C18 December 1992	24.5 °C	1,051 mm	0
1991	29.7 °C8 August 1991	18.1 °C22 December 1991	24.6 °C	827 mm	0
1990	29.9 °C21 August 1990	19.8 °C25 December 1990	24.6 °C	1,198 mm	0
1989	29.4 °C5 September 1989	19.7 °C27 March 1989	24.3 °C	1,189 mm	0
1988	28.8 °C27 July 1988	19.2 °C1 March 1988	24.6 °C	1,142 mm	0
1987	29.0 °C7 August 1987	18.9 °C8 January 1987	24.9 °C	1,058 mm	0
1986	28.9 °C18 September 1986	19.2 °C4 February 1986	24.3 °C	1,068 mm	0
1985	28.8 °C7 July 1985	19.4 °C17 January 1985	24.3 °C	925 mm	0
1984	28.4 °C25 August 1984	19.0 °C19 December 1984	24.3 °C	972 mm	0
1983	28.9 °C23 August 1983	20.0 °C13 March 1983	24.8 °C	786 mm	0
1982	29.2 °C20 August 1982	18.2 °C25 February 1982	24.3 °C	710 mm	0
1981	28.7 °C11 September 1981	19.4 °C24 February 1981	24.5 °C	1,041 mm	0
1980	28.9 °C4 August 1980	18.5 °C21 January 1980	24.7 °C	914 mm	0
1979	28.8 °C28 July 1979	18.7 °C6 March 1979	24.3 °C	1,393 mm	0
1978	28.3 °C25 July 1978	18.9 °C12 February 1978	24.4 °C	1,279 mm	0
1977	28.2 °C6 September 1977	20.5 °C13 January 1977	24.5 °C	1,261 mm	0
1976	28.4 °C15 July 1976	18.3 °C18 April 1976	24.0 °C	1,021 mm	0
1975	28.3 °C12 August 1975	18.8 °C29 December 1975	24.0 °C	1,119 mm	0
1974	28.4 °C16 August 1974	19.4 °C30 April 1974	24.0 °C	1,452 mm	0
1973	28.5 °C7 July 1973	19.2 °C14 December 1973	24.3 °C	1,383 mm	0
1972	29.8 °C26 July 1972	18.1 °C14 March 1972	24.3 °C	1,201 mm	0
1971	28.3 °C2 July 1971	19.1 °C2 April 1971	24.0 °C	1,288 mm	0
1970	29.5 °C21 August 1970	19.4 °C4 March 1970	24.6 °C	939 mm	0
1969	29.4 °C6 August 1969	18.8 °C31 January 1969	24.8 °C	1,073 mm	0
1968	28.8 °C31 July 1968	18.1 °C31 January 1968	24.2 °C	926 mm	0
1967	29.6 °C21 July 1967	18.8 °C17 March 1967	24.4 °C	745 mm	0
1966	28.7 °C25 August 1966	19.2 °C9 February 1966	24.3 °C	1,170 mm	0
1965	28.7 °C27 July 1965	18.1 °C7 January 1965	24.2 °C	871 mm	0
1964	28.7 °C23 August 1964	18.7 °C29 December 1964	24.3 °C	1,146 mm	0
1963	28.3 °C6 July 1963	19.2 °C6 January 1963	24.4 °C	1,500 mm	0
1962	28.5 °C15 August 1962	18.4 °C8 March 1962	24.2 °C	1,015 mm	0
1961	28.5 °C31 August 1961	20.1 °C1 February 1961	24.2 °C	1,210 mm	0
1960	28.7 °C20 August 1960	18.4 °C7 December 1960	24.4 °C	1,352 mm	0
1959	28.8 °C21 July 1959	20.3 °C6 January 1959	24.6 °C	1,011 mm	0
1958	28.9 °C9 April 1958	17.9 °C5 February 1958	24.8 °C	910 mm	0
1957	29.0 °C14 August 1957	19.7 °C13 February 1957	24.3 °C	847 mm	0
1956	28.0 °C31 July 1956	17.0 °C15 January 1956	23.9 °C	1,178 mm	0
1955	28.8 °C6 August 1955	18.9 °C6 January 1955	23.9 °C	1,149 mm	0
1954	28.3 °C17 August 1954	19.2 °C6 December 1954	24.0 °C	1,428 mm	0
1953	28.4 °C3 August 1953	19.9 °C3 January 1953	24.4 °C	888 mm	0
1952	28.3 °C21 July 1952	18.9 °C14 January 1952	24.4 °C	956 mm	0
1951	28.8 °C16 August 1951	18.2 °C18 February 1951	24.3 °C	1,004 mm	0
1950	28.4 °C11 August 1950	18.8 °C6 February 1950	23.8 °C	1,161 mm	0
1949	28.8 °C4 August 1949	19.0 °C12 January 1949	24.2 °C	1,007 mm	0
1948	28.5 °C7 July 1948	18.8 °C22 February 1948	24.5 °C	1,333 mm	0
1947	28.7 °C28 July 1947	20.5 °C18 February 1947	24.6 °C	1,056 mm	0
1946	29.5 °C24 July 1946	18.8 °C9 January 1946	24.4 °C	875 mm	0
1945	28.1 °C1 September 1945	18.4 °C15 January 1945	24.1 °C	1,352 mm	0
1944	28.9 °C12 July 1944	17.9 °C6 December 1944	24.3 °C	1,064 mm	0
1943	29.0 °C17 September 1943	18.6 °C24 January 1943	24.0 °C	1,279 mm	0
1942	29.3 °C20 June 1942	18.9 °C24 January 1942	24.3 °C	1,386 mm	0
1941	28.6 °C15 August 1941	18.2 °C13 January 1941	24.4 °C	1,074 mm	0
1940	28.9 °C23 July 1940	19.6 °C3 March 1940	24.3 °C	1,226 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1078 mm

+18 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.4 °C	+1.0 °C	10 mm	-11 mm
Feb	26.7 °C	+1.3 °C	17 mm	-17 mm
Mar	26.3 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	-5 mm
Apr	26.7 °C	+0.8 °C	111 mm	+2 mm
May	27.3 °C	+0.7 °C	158 mm	+14 mm
Jun	27.9 °C	+0.6 °C	54 mm	-43 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	+0.3 °C	71 mm	-15 mm
Aug	28.6 °C	+0.9 °C	77 mm	-45 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+0.6 °C	168 mm	+34 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	+0.7 °C	315 mm	+163 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+1.1 °C	25 mm	-46 mm
Dec	26.6 °C	+0.8 °C	18 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.0 °C

25 Aug 2025

Coldest day

20.3 °C

20 Mar 2025

Wettest day

56.5 mm

29 Oct 2025

Windiest day

34.0 km/h

29 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

29 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.7 °C

25 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.3 °C

20 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jacmel?

Jacmel has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,060 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jacmel?

The hottest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2023, reaching 31.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jacmel?

The coldest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 17.0 °C.

Does it snow in Jacmel?

Almost never: Jacmel sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Jacmel warmed?

Yes: Jacmel warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jacmel?

The wettest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1998, with 227 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jacmel?

The windiest day measured in Jacmel between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1980, with winds reaching 71.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jacmel?

The warmest month in Jacmel is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Jacmel?

Jacmel receives on average 1,060 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jacmel?

Jacmel gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jacmel?

Yes: Jacmel has on average 358 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jacmel?

In Jacmel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 20 August 2023, and the lowest was 15.4 °C on 7 January 1956.

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