Haiti: plugs, voltage, currency, time & travel facts

Plugs and voltage

Haiti uses Types A and B sockets. Mains supply is 110 V at 60 Hz.

At 110 V, devices from 220–240 V countries that are not dual-voltage will run weakly or not at all. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.

Money

HTG Haitian Gourde HTG

Average in 2025: 1 USD = 130.6 HTG (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.

$ US Dollar USD

Reference rates, 2026-10-30 (ECB)
1 EUR	1.12 USD
1 GBP	1.34 USD
1 JPY	0.006359 USD
1 AUD	0.7025 USD

US Dollar: where it's used and rates

Price level 102 (US = 100, 2025)

Everyday household prices in Haiti are about 102% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries

Language

Haitian Creoleofficial81%
Frenchofficial42%

Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).

Time

UTC−5

Haiti is on UTC−5 (standard time; clocks change for daylight saving).

Driving

Traffic in Haiti drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.

Public holidays in the next 12 months

18 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.