Climate averages 1991–2020
La Romana weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in La Romana: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (35 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than La Romana, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Romana ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 27.7°C; La Romana is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 17 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in DecemberDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 37 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in DecemberDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Punta Cana in DecemberDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in DecemberDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in DecemberDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in DecemberDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in DecemberDominican Republic · 120 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Bonao in DecemberDominican Republic · 163 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 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.