Cité Soleil
City in Haiti: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Cité Soleil is a city in Haiti, in Ouest. About 265,072 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Haiti in our atlas.
It lies at 18.58° N, 72.34° W, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Port-au-Prince time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cité Soleil. Green dots: other major cities of Haiti. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cité Soleil has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (72°F). Around 509 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in HaitiNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Port-au-Prince · 4 km
- Delmas · 6 km
- Carrefour · 8 km
- Pétionville · 9 km
- Croix-des-Bouquets · 12 km
- Saint-Marc · 70 km
- Dessalines · 78 km
- Port-de-Paix · 160 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3740007 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q26227934 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.