Climate averages 1991–2020
La Romana weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in La Romana: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (35 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than La Romana, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Romana ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 27.3°C; La Romana is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in JanuaryDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 27 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in JanuaryDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Punta Cana in JanuaryDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in JanuaryDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in JanuaryDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in JanuaryDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 32 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in JanuaryDominican Republic · 120 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Bonao in JanuaryDominican Republic · 163 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 75 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.