Climate averages 1991–2020

San Francisco de Macorís weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 38 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in San Francisco de Macorís: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (30 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as San Francisco de Macorís, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Francisco de Macorís ranks joint 9th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 27.3°C; San Francisco de Macorís is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 35 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

San Francisco de Macorís climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for San Francisco de Macorís, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from San Francisco de Macorís

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 San Francisco de Macorís) is explained once on the San Francisco de Macorís year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.