Sud · Haiti
Les Cayes travel guide
Les Cayes is a city in Sud, Haiti, home to about 152,000 people.
- Best months
- December to February
- Nearest airport
- CYA9 km · Antoine-Simon International Airport
- Currency
- HTGgourde
- Time zone
- America/Port-au-Prince
- Language
- French, Haitian Creole
When to go
The best time to visit Les Cayes
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Les Cayes are December to February. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; October is the wettest, with about 376 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Les Cayes: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Antoine-Simon International Airport (CYA), about 8.9 km from the city centre in a straight line; Jérémie Airport (JEE, 68 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Antoine Simon Airport, with the name of a president of Haiti that was born in Les Cayes has flights from the capital. You can also go by bus, tap-tap or in your private car. Some people do also ride their bike, which is not too safe. By plane, it’s only 20-30 minutes; by public transportation it can take up to 4 hours; and in a private car, it takes around 2 1/2-3 hours.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
CYA · Antoine-Simon International Airport
JEE · Jérémie Airport
Questions
Les Cayes: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Les Cayes?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Les Cayes are December to February. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; October is the wettest, with about 376 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Les Cayes?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Antoine-Simon International Airport (CYA), about 8.9 km from the city centre in a straight line; Jérémie Airport (JEE, 68 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Les Cayes?
gourde (HTG).
Nearby
Destinations near Les Cayes
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.