Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo Este weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Santo Domingo Este: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santo Domingo (5 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Santo Domingo Este, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Este ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 27.7°C; Santo Domingo Este is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 33 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
Santo Domingo Este climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 33 | 11.8 | 11.211 h |
| February | 27.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 28 | 10.2 | 11.512 h |
| March | 27.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 34 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 57 | 14.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 113 | 21.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 114 | 22.9 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 122 | 22.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 147 | 23.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 148 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 135 | 22.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 87 | 16.8 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 42 | 11.2 | 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
- Santo Domingo in DecemberDominican Republic · 5 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in DecemberDominican Republic · 16 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in DecemberDominican Republic · 28 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 39 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in DecemberDominican Republic · 57 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Bonao in DecemberDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- La Romana in DecemberDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 22 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in DecemberDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 44 mm rain
- La Vega in DecemberDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 47 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 Santo Domingo Este) is explained once on the Santo Domingo Este year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.