Climate averages 1991–2020
La Vega weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in La Vega: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Francisco de Macorís (30 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than La Vega, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Vega ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; La Vega is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Francisco de Macorís in MayDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in MayDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Bonao in MayDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 253 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in MayDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MayDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 120 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MayDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MayDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MayDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 113 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.