Climate averages 1991–2020
Punta Cana weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Punta Cana: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (32 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Punta Cana, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 27.8°C; Punta Cana is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in FebruaryDominican Republic · 32 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 23 mm rain
- La Romana in FebruaryDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in FebruaryDominican Republic · 96 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Mayagüez in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 140 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in FebruaryDominican Republic · 153 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in FebruaryDominican Republic · 157 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in FebruaryDominican Republic · 168 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Arecibo in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 178 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 37 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.