Climate averages 1991–2020
Punta Cana weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Punta Cana: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (32 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Punta Cana, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 27.7°C; Punta Cana is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Punta Cana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 39 | 12.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 26.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 31 | 9.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 26.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 36 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 51 | 11.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 100 | 16.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 28.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 71 | 15.2 | 13.213 h |
| July | 28.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 90 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 105 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 121 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 117 | 20.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 103 | 17.6 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 26.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 52 | 13.0 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in DecemberDominican Republic · 32 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 37 mm rain
- La Romana in DecemberDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 22 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in DecemberDominican Republic · 96 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Mayagüez in DecemberPuerto Rico · 140 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in DecemberDominican Republic · 153 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in DecemberDominican Republic · 157 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in DecemberDominican Republic · 168 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Arecibo in DecemberPuerto Rico · 178 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 48 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 Punta Cana) is explained once on the Punta Cana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.