Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Puerto Plata?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 12–18 January (Weather Index 94). Several start dates remain plausible, and the best timing varies between years. June to September are warmest (32°C), June is driest and April to August have the most sun.
Hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November and is most active from mid-August to mid-October. These averages don’t show storm risk, so check the forecast and your travel cover nearer the time.
- Warmest
- June to September 32°C
- Coolest
- January and February 28°C
- Driest
- June 29% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- October 55% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- April to August 12 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3 | 22.2 | 34.2 | 10.6 | 59.2 | 10.1 |
| February | 28.2 | 22.2 | 37.5 | 10.5 | 41.5 | 11.0 |
| March | 28.8 | 22.6 | 33.9 | 10.5 | 71.0 | 11.5 |
| April | 29.5 | 23.6 | 41.3 | 12.4 | 65.7 | 11.7 |
| May | 30.9 | 24.9 | 42.9 | 13.3 | 63.0 | 11.9 |
| June | 31.7 | 25.8 | 29.3 | 8.8 | 31.7 | 12.4 |
| July | 31.7 | 26.0 | 34.8 | 10.8 | 34.3 | 12.2 |
| August | 32.0 | 26.1 | 40.3 | 12.5 | 56.6 | 11.7 |
| September | 32.1 | 25.9 | 51.3 | 15.4 | 90.4 | 11.1 |
| October | 31.5 | 25.4 | 54.5 | 16.9 | 84.3 | 10.3 |
| November | 29.9 | 24.3 | 51.0 | 15.3 | 93.2 | 10.3 |
| December | 28.9 | 23.0 | 43.9 | 13.6 | 59.7 | 10.5 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.