Travel Risk Atlas

Haiti

Caribbean · Capital Port-au-Prince

Each opens that government's own advisory for Haiti — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

76.9 High risk
Atlas Risk Score · 214th safest of 220
aerial view of city during daytime
Photo: Reynaldo Mirault / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Haiti as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Centre — Do not travelGrand'Anse — Do not travelGrand'Anse — Do not travelL'Artibonite — Do not travelNippes — Do not travelNord-Est — Do not travelNord-Ouest — Do not travelNord-Ouest — Do not travelNord — Do not travelOuest — Do not travelOuest — Do not travelSud-Est — Do not travelSud — Do not travelSud — Do not travelLago EnriquilloEtang Saumâtre
What governments advise Do not travel

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Haiti by its Atlas Risk Score — 77, High — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Haiti is “do not travel”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryDo not travel. Governments advise against all travel to the whole country, not to particular regions — so there is no safer part of the map to aim for. Travel insurance is normally void here.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Official advisories
25% of score
100/100
217th of 220
Crime
15% of score
79/100
218th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
74/100
179th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
72/100
198th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
71/100
209th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly cyclones, earthquakes, flooding, tsunami
63/100
201st of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
48/100
145th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
73/100

Biggest factor here: official advisories. What the US, UK and Dutch governments currently tell their own citizens about travelling here.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
114
Police 114 — response is unreliable; hotels and local contacts are usually faster
Currency
HTG G
Languages
French
Haitian Creole
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
11.9m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Port-au-Prince
Driving
On the right
18.8 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type A, B
110-127V
Basic water access
73%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+509
GDP per capita
$3k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
938k
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
8.8/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Port-au-Prince, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high hot extreme heat
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Haiti:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.