Climate averages 1991–2020
La Romana weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in La Romana: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (35 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than La Romana, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Romana ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.6°C; La Romana is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in OctoberDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 107 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in OctoberDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Punta Cana in OctoberDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in OctoberDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 135 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in OctoberDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in OctoberDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in OctoberDominican Republic · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Bonao in OctoberDominican Republic · 163 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 133 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.