Two separate wet seasons shape the year here, roughly around May and September, with drier, more reliable stretches in between rather than one long wet or dry season. In January, expect highs around 30°C with rain on roughly 5 days of the month.
Things to Do
Punta Cana's beaches pair with Samaná's whale watching and Santo Domingo's colonial old city.
Local Cuisine
Try la bandera, the Dominican staple of rice, beans, and meat.
Month-by-month weather
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
JanuaryBest
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 23°C
Rainfall40 mm
Rainy days5
Sunrise6:30 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Daylight10h 59m
FebruaryGreat
Expect warm days around 28°/23°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low28° / 23°C
Rainfall48 mm
Rainy days6
Sunrise6:18 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Daylight11h 23m
MarchGreat
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with occasional rain (~7 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 23°C
Rainfall56 mm
Rainy days7
Sunrise6:04 AM
Sunset5:56 PM
Daylight11h 52m
AprilGreat
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with occasional rain (~7 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall56 mm
Rainy days7
Sunrise5:47 AM
Sunset6:13 PM
Daylight12h 26m
MayAvoid
Expect hot days around 31°/24°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low31° / 24°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise5:34 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Daylight12h 53m
JuneOK
Expect hot days around 32°/25°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 25°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise5:26 AM
Sunset6:34 PM
Daylight13h 7m
JulyGreat
Expect hot days around 32°/25°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 25°C
Rainfall64 mm
Rainy days8
Sunrise5:29 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Daylight13h 1m
AugustOK
Expect hot days around 32°/25°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 25°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise5:41 AM
Sunset6:19 PM
Daylight12h 38m
SeptemberAvoid
Expect hot days around 32°/25°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 25°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:03 PM
Daylight12h 6m
OctoberAvoid
Expect warm days around 29°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~16 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 24°C
Rainfall128 mm
Rainy days16
Sunrise6:13 AM
Sunset5:47 PM
Daylight11h 34m
NovemberOK
Expect warm days around 29°/24°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 24°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Daylight11h 6m
DecemberGreat
Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with occasional rain (~7 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests