Climate averages 1991–2020
La Romana weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in La Romana: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (35 km away). In March its highs average 28.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than La Romana, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Romana ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; La Romana is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in MarchDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in MarchDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Punta Cana in MarchDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MarchDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 120 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 163 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 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.