Climate averages 1991–2020
San Juan de la Maguana weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in San Juan de la Maguana: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Barahona (68 km away). In March its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as San Juan de la Maguana, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Juan de la Maguana ranks joint 6th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; San Juan de la Maguana is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 101 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 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Barahona in MarchDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- La Vega in MarchDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in MarchDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MarchHaiti · 108 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in MarchDominican Republic · 116 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Pétionville in MarchHaiti · 116 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in MarchHaiti · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 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.