Climate averages 1991–2020
La Romana weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in La Romana: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (35 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than La Romana, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Romana ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 29.0°C; La Romana is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
La Romana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 24 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 41 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| May | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 84 | 14.5 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 11.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 53 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 75 | 13.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 96 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 17.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 61 | 11.6 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 22 | 5.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in AprilDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in AprilDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Punta Cana in AprilDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AprilDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AprilDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AprilDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 62 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AprilDominican Republic · 120 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Bonao in AprilDominican Republic · 163 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 170 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 La Romana) is explained once on the La Romana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.