Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de los Caballeros weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Santiago de los Caballeros: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (31 km away). In April its highs average 29.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Santiago de los Caballeros, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 29.0°C; Santiago de los Caballeros is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 99 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
Santiago de los Caballeros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 37 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 34 | 7.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 48 | 9.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 72 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 99 | 16.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 49 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| July | 32.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 9.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 52 | 10.8 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 81 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 64 | 12.8 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 37 | 7.8 | 11.011 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
- La Vega in AprilDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in AprilDominican Republic · 49 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Bonao in AprilDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 170 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in AprilDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in AprilDominican Republic · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 62 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in AprilDominican Republic · 130 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in AprilDominican Republic · 137 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in AprilDominican Republic · 139 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 57 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 Santiago de los Caballeros) is explained once on the Santiago de los Caballeros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.