Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Barahona weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santa Cruz de Barahona: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Juan de la Maguana (68 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de Barahona, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santa Cruz de Barahona ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 30.7°C; Santa Cruz de Barahona is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 85 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- San Juan de la Maguana in AugustDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 103 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AugustDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Bonao in AugustDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AugustDominican Republic · 121 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in AugustHaiti · 126 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 193 mm rain
- La Vega in AugustDominican Republic · 127 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Pétionville in AugustHaiti · 130 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 193 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AugustDominican Republic · 131 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 129 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.