Climate Monte Cristi Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cap Haitien International Airport (MTCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.7	93	98	98	100	100
February	99.4	98	100	100	100	100
March	93.3	93	93	94	95	93
April	100.0		100	100		100
May	96.2		100	94	100	95
June	95.0		98	94	96	91
July	95.5		95	95	100	100
August	98.4		99	98	92	100
September	98.8		100		85	100
October	97.5		98	95	100	100
November	99.0		100	100	100	100
December	100.0		100	100	100	100
Average	97.1	95.2	98.2	96.2	96.5	97.5

1st best VFR conditions of Haiti

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	100.0	100	100	100	100	100
February	100.0	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.1	100	98	99	100	100
April	100.0		100	100		100
May	100.0		100	100	100	100
June	100.0		100	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	100.0		100		100	100
October	100.0		100	100	100	100
November	100.0		100	100	100	100
December	100.0		100	100	100	100
Average	99.9	100.0	99.7	99.8	100.0	100.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.4	28	27	28	27	26
February	27.4	27	28	28	28	27
March	27.4	28	28	28	27	26
April	28.4		29	28		29
May	29.4		30	30	28	29
June	30.0		31	30	29	30
July	30.4		32	30	30	30
August	30.8		32	30	30	30
September	31.2		32		31	30
October	30.0		32	30	29	29
November	27.8		30	24	29	28
December	26.8		29	29	27	27
Average	28.7	27.8	29.9	28.7	28.6	28.1

2nd highest temperature of Haiti

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.4	23	24	24	27	26
February	25.0	25	25	25	28	27
March	25.4	26	25	25	26	25
April	26.0		25	26		28
May	27.6		28	26	28	29
June	28.6		29	28	29	30
July	29.2		29	28	30	30
August	29.5		30	29	29	30
September	29.0		28		30	30
October	29.0		30	27	29	29
November	27.1		28	23	29	27
December	25.6		27	16	27	27
Average	27.2	25.2	27.3	25.9	28.2	27.8

2nd lowest temperature of Haiti

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.0	1	2	2	0	0
February	1.1	4	0	1	0	0
March	2.9	3	4	2	10	7
April	0.3		0	1		0
May	0.3		1	0	0	0
June	0.7		1	0	4	0
July	0.9		0	2	0	0
August	0.5		1	0	0	0
September	0.0		0		0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.9		0	0	0	0
December	1.0		0	6	0	0
Average	1.4	2.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	1.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.1	9	10	8	8	7
February	9.8	8	11	9	10	11
March	9.7	9	10	10	10	10
April	9.8		10	10		10
May	8.1		7	9	10	8
June	8.9		9	9	7	10
July	10.7		11	11	12	9
August	10.1		10	10	9	9
September	8.9		9		11	12
October	7.5		8	8	8	7
November	6.8		7	6	10	7
December	7.7		8	6	9	9
Average	8.8	8.5	9.7	9.2	9.3	8.9

2nd highest wind speed of Haiti

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	039°	037°	025°	044°	053°
February	031°	038°	035°	049°	023°
March	030°	029°	035°	031°	035°
April		027°	030°		025°
May		018°	025°	032°	023°
June		025°	028°	030°	027°
July		028°	037°	034°	023°
August		026°	027°	030°	020°
September		017°		030°	010°
October		023°	029°	028°	021°
November		027°	071°	015°	039°
December		029°	017°	038°	038°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.