Haiti
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Haiti
Official name: | Republic of Haiti |
Capital: | Port-au-Prince |
Area: | total: 27,750 sq km land: 27,560 sq km water: 190 sq km |
Climate: | tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds |
Location: | Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic |
Geographic coordinates: | 19 00 N, 72 25 W |
Comparative Area: | slightly smaller than Maryland |
Land boundaries: | total: 360 km border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km |
Coastline: | 1,771 km |
Terrain: | mostly rough and mountainous |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m |
Map of Haiti