Climate averages 1991–2020
Bonao weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bonao: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (33 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bonao, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Bonao ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 27.7°C; Bonao is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- La Vega in DecemberDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 47 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in DecemberDominican Republic · 43 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in DecemberDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in DecemberDominican Republic · 65 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in DecemberDominican Republic · 67 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in DecemberDominican Republic · 76 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in DecemberDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in DecemberDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 18 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.