Climate averages 1991–2020

Salvaleón de Higüey weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 21.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 31 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Salvaleón de Higüey: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Punta Cana (32 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Salvaleón de Higüey, with 36 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Salvaleón de Higüey ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Salvaleón de Higüey is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 49 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

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, selected	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	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.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from Salvaleón de Higüey

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