Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Barahona weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Santa Cruz de Barahona: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Juan de la Maguana (68 km away). In April its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de Barahona, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santa Cruz de Barahona ranks joint 8th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 29.0°C; Santa Cruz de Barahona is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Santa Cruz de Barahona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.512 h |
| March | 28.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 19 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 75 | 10.9 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 60 | 10.4 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 48 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 85 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 85 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 100 | 12.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 19 | 2.8 | 11.111 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
April in nearby cities
- San Juan de la Maguana in AprilDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AprilDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Bonao in AprilDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AprilDominican Republic · 121 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in AprilHaiti · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 169 mm rain
- La Vega in AprilDominican Republic · 127 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Pétionville in AprilHaiti · 130 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AprilDominican Republic · 131 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 62 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 Santa Cruz de Barahona) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de Barahona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.