Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Barahona weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Santa Cruz de Barahona: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Juan de la Maguana (68 km away). In January its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de Barahona, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santa Cruz de Barahona ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 27.3°C; Santa Cruz de Barahona is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Juan de la Maguana in JanuaryDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in JanuaryDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Bonao in JanuaryDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in JanuaryDominican Republic · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in JanuaryHaiti · 126 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- La Vega in JanuaryDominican Republic · 127 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Pétionville in JanuaryHaiti · 130 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in JanuaryDominican Republic · 131 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 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.