Region · Haiti

Best time to visit Centre

This guide covers 8 destinations in Centre, a first-level administrative division of Haiti. The largest by population are Hinche, Mirebalais and Belladère. Across its destinations, January is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Toussaint Louverture International Airport (PAP).

Destinations in this guide
8
Comfortable in the most places
January
Main airport
PAPToussaint Louverture International Airport
Currency
HTGgourde
Time zone
America/Port-au-Prince

Destinations

Destinations in Centre

Every destination in this guide in Centre, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Hinche120,867December to FebruaryCAP · 68 km
Mirebalais97,755JanuaryPAP · 34 km
Belladère86,612December and JanuaryPAP · 62 km
Thomassique63,224PAP · 74 km
Thomonde61,880PAP · 60 km
Maïssade58,942December to FebruaryCAP · 63 km
Cerca-la-Source56,532CAP · 76 km
Boucan-Carré56,028JanuaryPAP · 44 km

When to go

Best time to visit Centre

From the climate of 8 destinations in Centre with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: January.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January5 of 829 °C27 mm
February2 of 830 °C40 mm
March0 of 830 °C69 mm
April0 of 831 °C134 mm
May0 of 831 °C241 mm
June0 of 832 °C133 mm
July0 of 833 °C131 mm
August0 of 833 °C168 mm
September0 of 832 °C200 mm
October0 of 832 °C185 mm
November0 of 830 °C106 mm
December3 of 829 °C41 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. 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

Airports serving Centre

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Centre name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Port-au-Prince

PAP · Toussaint Louverture International Airport

Nearest for 5 destinationsNamed by 8 destinations34 km from the closest
large airport · Cap Haitien

CAP · Cap Haitien International Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 8 destinations63 km from the closest
medium airport · Barahona, Dominican Republic

BRX · Maria Montez International Airport

Named by 8 destinations97 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Centre, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Haiti

1 Jan · National Independence Day1 Jan · New Year's Day2 Jan · Ancestry Day15 Feb · Carnival16 Feb · Shrove Monday17 Feb · Fat Tuesday3 Apr · Good Friday5 Apr · Easter Sunday1 May · Agriculture and Labor Day18 May · Flag Day and University Day4 Jun · Corpus Christi15 Aug · Assumption Day17 Oct · Death of Dessalines1 Nov · All Saints' Day2 Nov · Day of the Dead18 Nov · Armed Forces Day18 Nov · Commemoration of the Battle of Vertieres25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Centre

Other regions of Haiti with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Haiti travel guide · All regions of Haiti

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.