Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de los Caballeros weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th 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.
December is a warm month in Santiago de los Caballeros: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (31 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Santiago de los Caballeros, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 27.7°C; Santiago de los Caballeros is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 37 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- La Vega in DecemberDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 47 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in DecemberDominican Republic · 49 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Bonao in DecemberDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in DecemberDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in DecemberDominican Republic · 128 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in DecemberDominican Republic · 130 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in DecemberDominican Republic · 137 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in DecemberDominican Republic · 139 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 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.