Climate averages 1991–2020
San Francisco de Macorís weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in San Francisco de Macorís: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (30 km away). In April its highs average 29.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than San Francisco de Macorís, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Francisco de Macorís ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 29.0°C; San Francisco de Macorís is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
San Francisco de Macorís climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 38 | 11.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 35 | 10.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 35 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 61 | 12.8 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 84 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 57 | 14.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 70 | 17.5 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 78 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 72 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 66 | 16.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 15.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 44 | 12.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- La Vega in AprilDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Bonao in AprilDominican Republic · 43 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in AprilDominican Republic · 49 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AprilDominican Republic · 92 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 62 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AprilDominican Republic · 99 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AprilDominican Republic · 99 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AprilDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 57 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in AprilDominican Republic · 116 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 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 San Francisco de Macorís) is explained once on the San Francisco de Macorís year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.