Dessalines
City in Haiti: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Dessalines is a city in Haiti, in Artibonite. About 181,903 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Haiti in our atlas.
It lies at 19.26° N, 72.52° W, about 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Port-au-Prince time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Dessalines. Green dots: other major cities of Haiti. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dessalines 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 18°C (65°F). Around 542 mm (21 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
- Saint-Marc · 26 km
- Cité Soleil · 78 km
- Carrefour · 82 km
- Port-au-Prince · 82 km
- Croix-des-Bouquets · 82 km
- Port-de-Paix · 82 km
- Delmas · 83 km
- Pétionville · 87 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3726540 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q26227111 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.