Climate averages 1991–2020
La Vega weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in La Vega: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Francisco de Macorís (30 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as La Vega, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, La Vega ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 30.4°C; La Vega is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 11.1 | 12.813 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- San Francisco de Macorís in SeptemberDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in SeptemberDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Bonao in SeptemberDominican Republic · 33 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 149 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in SeptemberDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in SeptemberDominican Republic · 98 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 120 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in SeptemberDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in SeptemberDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in SeptemberDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 148 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.