Travel Alert Status
Level 4: Do Not Travel
Time Difference
UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
Haiti's tropical climate produces seasonal rainfall, although large areas of the country are semiarid. Temperatures year round range from 70°F to 90°F with humidity sometimes high along the coast. Average annual rainfall varies from nearly zero in some areas to 53 inches in Port-au-Prince. The two rainy seasons that Port-au-Prince experiences are from April to June and from August to mid-November. Rain and accompanying thunder/lightning storms usually occur at dusk and at night, but the days remain clear and sunny. There is a crisp dry season from December to April. Surrounding mountains generally protect Port-au-Prince from Caribbean hurricanes.
Travel Currency
Gourde (HTG)
Languages
French (official), Creole (official)
Ethnic Groups
Black 95%, mulatto and white 5%
National Holiday
Independence Day, 1 January (1804)
Geographic Coordinates
19 00 N, 72 25 W
Location
Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
Airports
4