Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvaleón de Higüey weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Salvaleón de Higüey: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Cana (32 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Salvaleón de Higüey, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Salvaleón de Higüey ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.6°C; Salvaleón de Higüey is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Salvaleón de Higüey climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Punta Cana in OctoberDominican Republic · 32 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 117 mm rain
- La Romana in OctoberDominican Republic · 35 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 88 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in OctoberDominican Republic · 66 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in OctoberDominican Republic · 121 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 135 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in OctoberDominican Republic · 126 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in OctoberDominican Republic · 137 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in OctoberDominican Republic · 149 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Mayagüez in OctoberPuerto Rico · 172 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 71 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 Salvaleón de Higüey) is explained once on the Salvaleón de Higüey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.