Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de los Caballeros weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Santiago de los Caballeros: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (31 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Santiago de los Caballeros, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Santiago de los Caballeros is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 72 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- La Vega in MarchDominican Republic · 31 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in MarchDominican Republic · 49 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 64 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 mm rain
- San Juan de la Maguana in MarchDominican Republic · 91 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 128 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 130 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 137 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Este in MarchDominican Republic · 139 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 34 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.