Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince; Pòtoprens
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About
Port-au-Prince is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cité Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour, and Pétion-Ville.
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The next week in Port-au-Prince
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
35° / 24°
2.6 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Drizzle
32° / 25°
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
33° / 25°
1.2 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Showers
35° / 25°
1.8 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Partly cloudy
33° / 24°
UV Very high
Wed
Showers
33° / 25°
6.0 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 21°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.0h
06:15 – 19:15local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Port-au-Prince
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Toussaint Louverture International Airport (PAP) at 6 km.
Getting around Port-au-Prince
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Fernandolouverture.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.