Citadelle Laferrière

Haiti

A massive early 19th-century mountaintop fortress built by newly freed slaves to defend against French incursions.

Warmest month is June at 30°C on average. Coolest is January at 27°C. Driest reading falls in March with 15 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January27°±2°16
February27°±2°16
March27°±2°15
April27°±2°19
May29°±2°20
June30°±2°15
July30°±2°16
August30°±2°19
September30°±2°22
October30°±2°21
November28°±2°24
December27°±2°18

What to do

  • Ride horseback up the steep, winding mountain trail
  • Explore the massive cannon galleries pointing toward the sea
  • Tour the nearby majestic ruins of Sans-Souci Palace

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.