Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Barahona weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santa Cruz de Barahona: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Juan de la Maguana (68 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Barahona, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santa Cruz de Barahona ranks joint 9th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Santa Cruz de Barahona is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Juan de la Maguana in MayDominican Republic · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MayDominican Republic · 107 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Bonao in MayDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MayDominican Republic · 121 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Croix-des-Bouquets in MayHaiti · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 240 mm rain
- La Vega in MayDominican Republic · 127 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Pétionville in MayHaiti · 130 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MayDominican Republic · 131 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 120 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.