Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo Este weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santo Domingo Este: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santo Domingo (5 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Santo Domingo Este, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Este ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Santo Domingo Este is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Santo Domingo in MayDominican Republic · 5 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Santo Domingo Oeste in MayDominican Republic · 16 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 120 mm rain
- San Cristóbal in MayDominican Republic · 28 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 120 mm rain
- San Pedro de Macorís in MayDominican Republic · 57 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Bonao in MayDominican Republic · 78 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 253 mm rain
- La Romana in MayDominican Republic · 93 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 84 mm rain
- San Francisco de Macorís in MayDominican Republic · 100 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 84 mm rain
- La Vega in MayDominican Republic · 109 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 98 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.