Climate averages 1991–2020
La Romana weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in La Romana: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (35 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than La Romana, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Romana ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 30.7°C; La Romana is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 96 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in AugustDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 88 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in AugustDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Punta Cana in AugustDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AugustDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AugustDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AugustDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AugustDominican Republic · 120 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Bonao in AugustDominican Republic · 163 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 125 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.