Dominican Republic
Punta Cana weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Punta Cana?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 18–24 January (Weather Index 97). Favourable start dates for a 7-day trip run from 22 December to 5 February. August, September and October are warmest (30°C), March 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
- August, September and October 30°C
- Coolest
- January, February and March 27°C
- Driest
- March 37% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- August 66% 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 Punta Cana
Punta Cana 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 | 27.0 | 23.6 | 38.4 | 11.9 | 33.6 | 10.7 |
| February | 26.9 | 23.4 | 44.6 | 12.5 | 38.0 | 11.1 |
| March | 27.2 | 23.5 | 36.8 | 11.4 | 43.3 | 11.5 |
| April | 27.7 | 24.2 | 44.0 | 13.2 | 72.1 | 11.8 |
| May | 28.7 | 25.2 | 47.7 | 14.8 | 97.1 | 12.1 |
| June | 29.3 | 26.0 | 52.7 | 15.8 | 68.4 | 12.3 |
| July | 29.4 | 26.3 | 64.5 | 20.0 | 95.8 | 12.1 |
| August | 29.7 | 26.4 | 66.1 | 20.5 | 112.2 | 11.5 |
| September | 29.9 | 26.3 | 62.7 | 18.8 | 129.2 | 10.8 |
| October | 29.5 | 25.9 | 64.2 | 19.9 | 134.1 | 10.1 |
| November | 28.5 | 25.1 | 63.0 | 18.9 | 142.4 | 10.0 |
| December | 27.7 | 24.3 | 47.7 | 14.8 | 52.2 | 10.8 |
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.