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Travel and Tourism in Haiti
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Haiti.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 4: Do Not Travel
- Time Difference
- UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Currency
- Gourde (HTG)
- 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.
- 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
- 12
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Medical facilities in Haiti are scarce and for the most part sub-standard. Outside of the capital standards are often even lower than in Port-au-Prince. Medical care in Port-au-Prince is limited, and the level of community sanitation is extremely low. Life-threatening emergencies often require evacuation by air ambulance at the patient's expense. Doctors and hospitals often expect immediate cash payment in advance for health services.
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