Delmas weather in January

In January, Delmas sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 26 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Delmas's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Delmas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
12th warmest
Overnight low
17°
1st coldest
Rainfall
26 mm
6.5 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:29 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
40%
1st clearest
Wind
4 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Delmas is human settlement in Haiti.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Delmas reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Delmas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 17°266.5117.5
Feb27° / 17°428.211.47.0
Mar27° / 18°10315.311.95.9
Apr27° / 19°16920.312.45.0
May27° / 20°2402412.94.4
Jun28° / 21°14220.113.14.5
Jul29° / 21°13020.4134.3
Aug29° / 21°19323.412.63.9
Sep28° / 21°22325.512.13.8
Oct27° / 20°20824.211.64.4
Nov27° / 19°10115.811.15.7
Dec26° / 18°367.310.97.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
47921
57921
68020
78020
88020
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Delmas gets around 26 mm of rain over 6.5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 22% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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621
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2122
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2422
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2622
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3023
3123

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 12% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
10116722
20116920
30126919
40127018
50127117
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70137116
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201167310
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25217729
26217729
27217729
28217729
29217729
30317719
313177010

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
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174calm
184calm
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264calm
274calm
284calm
294calm
304calm
314calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:255:19
210.96:265:20
310.96:265:21
410.96:265:21
510.96:275:22
610.96:275:22
710.96:275:23
810.96:275:24
910.96:275:24
1011.06:285:25
1111.06:285:25
1211.06:285:26
1311.06:285:27
1411.06:285:27
1511.06:285:28
1611.06:295:28
1711.06:295:29
1811.06:295:30
1911.06:295:30
2011.06:295:31
2111.06:295:31
2211.16:295:32
2311.16:295:33
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 4.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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215.0Bright
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255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Delmas

In seasonPeak

None of Delmas's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Delmas sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Delmas?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Delmas for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Delmas in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Delmas sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Delmas in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 30°C and coldest in February near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Delmas in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Delmas peaks around August 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 20UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Delmas in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Delmas is worst in June — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2233 µg/m³Mar 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun34Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Delmas?

Delmas sits at 18.5°N, 72.3°W, 127 m above sea level, in Haiti. The nearest listed city is Pétionville, 4.0 km away.

GressierThomazeauArcahaie

Topography around Delmas

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Delmas.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Delmas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 443 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,916 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Delmas is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
443 m
16 km
1,916 m
80 km
2,681 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Pétionville 4.0 km · Port-au-Prince 4.0 km · Croix-des-Bouquets 9.0 km · Carrefour 11 km · Kenscoff 11 km · Gressier 24 km · Thomazeau 25 km · Arcahaie 34 km

Haiti travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
110 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 86% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,694
2025
Happiness
3.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2020
Homicide rate
41.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
18.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 444
Religion
Catholic 55%Protestant 29%none 10%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Delmas (18.5448°, -72.3004°, elevation 127 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).