Climate averages 1991–2020

Punta Cana weather
in March.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 36 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Punta Cana: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (32 km away). In March its highs average 28.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Punta Cana, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Punta Cana is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 51 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Punta Cana, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Punta Cana

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 limits

How 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.