Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de los Caballeros weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 3rd 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 Santiago de los Caballeros: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (31 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Santiago de los Caballeros, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros ranks joint 6th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 27.3°C; Santiago de los Caballeros is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 34 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- La Vega in JanuaryDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 51 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in JanuaryDominican Republic · 49 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Bonao in JanuaryDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 75 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in JanuaryDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in JanuaryDominican Republic · 128 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 32 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in JanuaryDominican Republic · 130 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in JanuaryDominican Republic · 137 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in JanuaryDominican Republic · 139 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 33 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.