Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo Este weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Santo Domingo Este: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santo Domingo (5 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Santo Domingo Este, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Este ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 28.3°C; Santo Domingo Este is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 57 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Santo Domingo in MarchDominican Republic · 5 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MarchDominican Republic · 16 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 37 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MarchDominican Republic · 28 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in MarchDominican Republic · 57 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Bonao in MarchDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 115 mm rain
- La Romana in MarchDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 24 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in MarchDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 35 mm rain
- La Vega in MarchDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 61 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.