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Travel and Tourism in Martinique
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Martinique.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Climate
- tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid
- Ethnic Groups
- African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Chinese less than 5%
- National Holiday
- Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 14 40 N, 61 00 W
- Location
- Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
- Airports
- 2
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Relatively good medical care is available throughout the French West Indies. Not all doctors speak or understand English. Hyperbaric chambers are available in Guadeloupe at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Abymes and in Martinique at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Fort de France.
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