Climate averages 1991–2020
La Vega weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in La Vega: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Francisco de Macorís (30 km away). In July its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as La Vega, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Vega ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 30.6°C; La Vega is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- San Francisco de Macorís in JulyDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in JulyDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Bonao in JulyDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 105 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in JulyDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in JulyDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 108 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in JulyDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in JulyDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in JulyDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 122 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.