Climate averages 1991–2020
Bonao weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bonao: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (33 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Bonao, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Bonao ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 30.7°C; Bonao is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 149 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bonao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 75 | 14.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 26.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 70 | 12.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 27.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 115 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 170 | 19.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 253 | 23.2 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 132 | 19.9 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 105 | 21.0 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 125 | 21.8 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 149 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 133 | 20.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 115 | 17.4 | 11.311 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 13.5 | 11.011 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- La Vega in AugustDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in AugustDominican Republic · 43 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in AugustDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AugustDominican Republic · 65 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AugustDominican Republic · 67 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AugustDominican Republic · 76 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AugustDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 147 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in AugustDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 103 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bonao) is explained once on the Bonao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.