Port-de-Paix
City in Haiti: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Port-de-Paix is a city in Haiti, in Nord-Ouest. About 306,217 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Haiti in our atlas.
It lies at 19.94° N, 72.83° W, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Port-au-Prince time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Port-de-Paix. Green dots: other major cities of Haiti. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Port-de-Paix has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (75°F). Around 700 mm (28 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.
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- Dessalines · 82 km
- Saint-Marc · 93 km
- Cité Soleil · 159 km
- Carrefour · 162 km
- Port-au-Prince · 163 km
- Croix-des-Bouquets · 164 km
- Delmas · 164 km
- Pétionville · 168 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3718420 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q26225868 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.