Climate averages 1991–2020
San Juan de la Maguana weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in San Juan de la Maguana: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Barahona (68 km away). In January its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as San Juan de la Maguana, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Juan de la Maguana ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 27.3°C; San Juan de la Maguana is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Barahona in JanuaryDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 11 mm rain
- La Vega in JanuaryDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Bonao in JanuaryDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in JanuaryDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in JanuaryHaiti · 108 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in JanuaryDominican Republic · 116 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Pétionville in JanuaryHaiti · 116 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in JanuaryHaiti · 120 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 25 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.