Distillers Country guides / Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
A one-page guide to Saint Pierre and Miquelon for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Saint-Pierre
- Official languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro (EUR); Canadian dollar widely accepted
- Time zone
- UTC-3 (UTC-2 in summer)
- Area
- 242 km²
People
- Population
- 5,819 (March 2022 census)
Climate
Cold, borderline humid continental/subarctic. Average temperature about 5.3 C, heavy precipitation, fog on about 100 days a year (mainly June-July).
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Saint Pierre and Miquelon; World Bank indicators API; WHO Global Health Observatory API; UN Comtrade public API. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.