Climate averages 1991–2020
San Juan de la Maguana weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in San Juan de la Maguana: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th 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 Santa Cruz de Barahona (68 km away). In April its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as San Juan de la Maguana, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Juan de la Maguana ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 29.0°C; San Juan de la Maguana is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 122 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 Juan de la Maguana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 26 | 6.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 71 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 101 | 16.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 122 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 74 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 62 | 15.9 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 103 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 111 | 20.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 104 | 18.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 59 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 18 | 4.3 | 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
- Santa Cruz de Barahona in AprilDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 30 mm rain
- La Vega in AprilDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Bonao in AprilDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in AprilDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in AprilHaiti · 108 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in AprilDominican Republic · 116 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Pétionville in AprilHaiti · 116 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in AprilHaiti · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 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 Juan de la Maguana) is explained once on the San Juan de la Maguana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.