Climate averages 1991–2020
La Vega weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in La Vega: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Francisco de Macorís (30 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as La Vega, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Vega ranks joint 3rd of 14 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 30.7°C; La Vega is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- San Francisco de Macorís in AugustDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in AugustDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Bonao in AugustDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 125 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in AugustDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AugustDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AugustDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AugustDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AugustDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 147 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.