Climate averages 1991–2020
Bonao weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bonao: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (33 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Bonao, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Bonao ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Bonao is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 132 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- La Vega in MayDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 98 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in MayDominican Republic · 43 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in MayDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MayDominican Republic · 65 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 120 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MayDominican Republic · 67 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MayDominican Republic · 76 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MayDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 113 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in MayDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 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.