Climate averages 1991–2020
San Pedro de Macorís weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in San Pedro de Macorís: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Romana (36 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than San Pedro de Macorís, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, San Pedro de Macorís ranks joint 6th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; San Pedro de Macorís is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 36 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 Pedro de Macorís climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.512 h |
| March, selected | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 20 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 36 | 7.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 85 | 13.9 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 65 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 67 | 12.2 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 122 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 101 | 17.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 67 | 12.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 23 | 5.1 | 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
- La Romana in MarchDominican Republic · 36 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MarchDominican Republic · 57 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 62 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Salvaleón de Higüey in MarchDominican Republic · 66 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 73 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 84 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Punta Cana in MarchDominican Republic · 96 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 128 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 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 Pedro de Macorís) is explained once on the San Pedro de Macorís year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.