Climate averages 1991–2020
San Juan de la Maguana weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in San Juan de la Maguana: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Barahona (68 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than San Juan de la Maguana, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Juan de la Maguana ranks joint 12th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.6°C; San Juan de la Maguana is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Barahona in OctoberDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 100 mm rain
- La Vega in OctoberDominican Republic · 86 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Bonao in OctoberDominican Republic · 87 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Santiago de los Caballeros in OctoberDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in OctoberHaiti · 108 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 208 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in OctoberDominican Republic · 116 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Pétionville in OctoberHaiti · 116 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Cité Soleil in OctoberHaiti · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 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.