Climate averages 1991–2020

San Juan de la Maguana weather
in September.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 111 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a hot month in San Juan de la Maguana: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Barahona (68 km away). In September its highs average 30.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than San Juan de la Maguana, with 85 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Juan de la Maguana ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 30.4°C; San Juan de la Maguana is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 104 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for San Juan de la Maguana, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.1°C18.0°C18.0°C143.811.111 h
February 28.4°C18.6°C18.6°C266.311.512 h
March 28.4°C19.5°C19.5°C7112.512.012 h
April 28.6°C20.5°C20.5°C10116.712.613 h
May 28.4°C21.1°C21.1°C12219.613.013 h
June 29.2°C21.3°C21.3°C7416.713.213 h
July 30.2°C21.3°C21.3°C6215.913.113 h
August 30.2°C21.5°C21.5°C10318.412.813 h
September, selected 29.5°C21.2°C21.2°C11120.212.312 h
October 28.8°C20.8°C20.8°C10418.211.712 h
November 28.2°C19.7°C19.7°C5911.311.311 h
December 28.0°C18.3°C18.3°C184.311.011 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from San Juan de la Maguana

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 limits

How 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.