Climate averages 1991–2020

Punta Cana weather
in May.

A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 24.9°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 100 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a warm month in Punta Cana: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (32 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Punta Cana, with 98 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Punta Cana is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 71 mm.

The annual picture

May 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	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, selected	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

May 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.