Climate averages 1991–2020
San Francisco de Macorís weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in San Francisco de Macorís: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (30 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than San Francisco de Macorís, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Francisco de Macorís ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; San Francisco de Macorís is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- La Vega in MarchDominican Republic · 30 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 43 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in MarchDominican Republic · 49 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 92 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 99 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 99 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MarchDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 34 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in MarchDominican Republic · 116 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°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 San Francisco de Macorís) is explained once on the San Francisco de Macorís year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.