Region · Haiti

Best time to visit Sud-Est

This guide covers 4 destinations in Sud-Est, a first-level administrative division of Haiti. The largest by population are Jacmel, Bainet and Belle-Anse. 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
4
Comfortable in the most places
January
Main airport
PAPToussaint Louverture International Airport
Currency
HTGgourde
Time zone
America/Port-au-Prince

Destinations

Destinations in Sud-Est

Every destination in this guide in Sud-Est, 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
Jacmel221,965JanuaryPAP · 46 km
Bainet86,755JanuaryPAP · 65 km
Belle-Anse75,951December to FebruaryPAP · 45 km
Marigot74,700December to FebruaryPAP · 39 km

When to go

Best time to visit Sud-Est

From the climate of 4 destinations in Sud-Est 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
January4 of 428 °C37 mm
February2 of 429 °C56 mm
March0 of 429 °C103 mm
April0 of 429 °C164 mm
May0 of 430 °C260 mm
June0 of 431 °C119 mm
July0 of 431 °C130 mm
August0 of 431 °C193 mm
September0 of 431 °C215 mm
October0 of 430 °C226 mm
November0 of 429 °C125 mm
December2 of 428 °C42 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 Sud-Est

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Sud-Est 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 4 destinationsNamed by 4 destinations39 km from the closest
medium airport · Barahona, Dominican Republic

BRX · Maria Montez International Airport

Named by 3 destinations100 km from the closest
medium airport · Les Cayes

CYA · Antoine-Simon International Airport

Named by 2 destinations110 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Sud-Est, 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 Sud-Est

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.