Is Jean-Rabel safe? Haiti travel risk
Is Jean-Rabel safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Jean-Rabel scores 80/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Haiti Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 10 Jul 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 10 Dec 2025); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. CDC travel health notice: Level 1, Diphtheria in Haiti (25 Jun 2026). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Jean-Rabel scores 80/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Haiti (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Jean-Rabel: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (90/100) and crime and scams (91/100).
A score of 80 is higher than the scores of 99% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Haiti travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 19.8500° N, 73.2000° W within Nord-Ouest, Jean-Rabel is situated 171.2 km SSE of Port-au-Prince at an altitude of 68 m.
Nord-Ouest
19.8500° N, 73.2000° W
68 m
America/Port-au-Prince
148,416
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Haiti
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Jean-Rabel happened in September (3 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.8 on 17 Mar 2026 (127 km away) — USGS details
CDC Traveler Health Notices for Haiti
- Level 1 - Diphtheria in Haiti (Level 1, 25 Jun 2026)
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain).
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Haiti travel advice & laws.
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