Climate averages 1991–2020

Salvaleón de Higüey weather
in August.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 24.5°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 88 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a hot month in Salvaleón de Higüey: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Cana (32 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Salvaleón de Higüey, with 105 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Salvaleón de Higüey ranks joint 8th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 30.7°C; Salvaleón de Higüey is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 107 mm.

The annual picture

August 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

Salvaleón de Higüey climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Salvaleón de Higüey, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.0°C21.6°C	21.6°C	27	9.1	11.111 h
February	27.4°C21.4°C	21.4°C	23	7.9	11.512 h
March	28.0°C21.4°C	21.4°C	31	8.6	12.012 h
April	28.8°C22.2°C	22.2°C	49	12.1	12.613 h
May	29.3°C23.1°C	23.1°C	98	16.0	13.013 h
June	30.0°C24.1°C	24.1°C	66	14.0	13.213 h
July	30.2°C24.4°C	24.4°C	72	14.9	13.113 h
August, selected	30.3°C24.5°C	24.5°C	88	17.0	12.813 h
September	30.2°C24.2°C	24.2°C	107	18.2	12.312 h
October	29.4°C23.7°C	23.7°C	107	20.3	11.712 h
November	28.1°C22.9°C	22.9°C	82	16.0	11.311 h
December	27.3°C22.3°C	22.3°C	37	11.6	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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Salvaleón de Higüey

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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 Salvaleón de Higüey) is explained once on the Salvaleón de Higüey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.