Climate averages 1991–2020
La Vega weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in La Vega: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Francisco de Macorís (30 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as La Vega, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Vega ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 27.3°C; La Vega is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 48 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 Vega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Francisco de Macorís in JanuaryDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in JanuaryDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Bonao in JanuaryDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 75 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in JanuaryDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in JanuaryDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 32 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in JanuaryDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in JanuaryDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in JanuaryDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 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.