Climate averages 1991–2020
La Vega weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in La Vega: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Francisco de Macorís (30 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than La Vega, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Vega ranks joint 4th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 29.0°C; La Vega is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
April 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 Vega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 51 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 61 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 83 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 98 | 13.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 39 | 8.1 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 38 | 10.5 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 11.1 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 71 | 12.8 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 47 | 9.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- San Francisco de Macorís in AprilDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in AprilDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Bonao in AprilDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 170 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in AprilDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AprilDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 62 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AprilDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AprilDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AprilDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 57 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 Vega) is explained once on the La Vega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.