Haiti destination information

All you need to know before visiting Haiti

Haiti summary

Haiti is a small country with around 11M Haitian. Official languages are French and Haitian Creole. Haiti uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, °C). Time zone is UTC-05:00 with daylight saving time. Currency used in Haiti is Gourde (HTG).

🎫 Border Rank #️⃣ 6
🗺️ Passport Rank #️⃣ 201

ATMs in Haiti are . Internet speed in Haiti is on average 2.4 Mbps.

🏙️ Port-au-Prince
🗣️ French Haitian
👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 11M ☀️ ~25 °C 🌧 ~127 mm 👍 Least Developed 🚩 28k km2 (11k mi²)
🎫 Visa Exemption
🗺️ Passport Strength
🏥 Health regulation
🛃 Customs rules
🏛️ Embassies

General

Socket 🔌

Haiti uses 110V, 60Hz with sockets and plugs Type A and Type B.

Languages 🗣️

  • French
  • Haitian

Money

Currency 💱

1 HTG = 0.01 USD

Haiti uses the Haitian gourde (symbol: G), code HTG.Banknotes come in denominations of 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 gourdes. Gourde is subdivided into 100 centimes. Coins come in denominations of 5 and 1 gourdes and 50, 20, 10 and 5 centimes.

ATM 🏧🏦

Tipping 💁🏽

Card 💳

Phone

Mobile Phone 📱

Haiti uses GSM mobile networks GSM 850 and GSM 900.

Roaming 🌐

If you don't want to buy SIM card in Haiti upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.

Emergency Calls 🚨

Universal :

911

Police :

911

Ambulance :

911

Fire department :

911

Calling ☎️

International

To call Haiti, dial +, then 509 (the country code for Haiti), then the area code and the local number.

Locally

For local calls within Haiti, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 2 .


international: + 509 2 1234567
calling local: 2 1234567

Internet connection

Internet Speed 💯

Internet speed in Haiti is on average 2.4 Mbps.

Wifi 📡

WiFi coverage in Haiti is very low. It's quite hard to find one.

SIM Card #️⃣

You can buy a SIM card for about 1,440.78 HTG, which includes 7 GB of data plan. You can choose from 2 telecoms: Digicel or Natcom.

Driving

Rules 🚗

Limits 🚦

Weather

Temperature 🌡️

Rainfall ☔

Countries nearby Haiti


More on Haiti travel and visa information

All the informations you need to schedule your trip to Haiti.

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Visa Exemption

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Passport Strength

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Health regulation

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Customs rules

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LGBT Destination info

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Haitian embassies

Check list of Haiti embassies around the globe !