Location
Haiti is located approximately 750 miles southeast of Florida and just to the east of Cuba. Haiti occupies the Western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
The Climate
Haiti’s weather is typically tropical with average temperatures ranging from 80 degrees in January to 96 degrees in July. There are also two rainy seasons. The first runs from April to June and the second between October and November. Similar to many Caribbean countries, Haiti does have an occasional hurricane.