Climate averages 1991–2020
Punta Cana weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Punta Cana: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salvaleón de Higüey (32 km away). In November its highs average 28.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Punta Cana, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest November highs and 13th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Punta Cana is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Salvaleón de Higüey in NovemberDominican Republic · 32 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 82 mm rain
- La Romana in NovemberDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 61 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in NovemberDominican Republic · 96 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Mayagüez in NovemberPuerto Rico · 140 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in NovemberDominican Republic · 153 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in NovemberDominican Republic · 157 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in NovemberDominican Republic · 168 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Arecibo in NovemberPuerto Rico · 178 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 113 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.