Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Barahona weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 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 Santa Cruz de Barahona: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 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 San Juan de la Maguana (68 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de Barahona, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santa Cruz de Barahona ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Santa Cruz de Barahona is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 30 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Juan de la Maguana in MarchDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 71 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 121 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MarchHaiti · 126 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- La Vega in MarchDominican Republic · 127 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Pétionville in MarchHaiti · 130 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 131 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 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.