Climate averages 1991–2020
Bonao weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bonao: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (33 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bonao, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Bonao ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Bonao is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 170 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- La Vega in MarchDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in MarchDominican Republic · 43 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in MarchDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 65 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MarchDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 34 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in MarchDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 71 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.