Americas · Caribbean
Puerto Rico
5 cities in the atlas · 8 airports with scheduled flights
- Capital
- San Juan
- Currency
- USD
- United States Dollar
- Local time
- Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
- Calling code
- +1-787
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B
Facts
Puerto Rico in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- San Juan
- Currency
- United States Dollar USDToday's indicative rate: The same as your currencyIndicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Spanish and EnglishSpoken: English and Spanish
- Time zones
- Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
- Calling code
- +1-787 · +1-939
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B120 V · 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 911general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 3,184,835 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 9,104 km²
- Internet domain
- .pr
- Land borders
- None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
When to go
Climate across Puerto Rico
On these averages, San Juan has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to August.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Cities
Cities in Puerto Rico
All 5 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Puerto Rico
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Puerto Rico
Tell us where in Puerto Rico, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.