La Romana climate
La Romana is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (103 mm) and February the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year La Romana averages 673 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Dominican Republic · population 208,437 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 32 °C
- Coldest month February 22 °C
- Driest month February 16 mm
- Wettest month September 103 mm
- Least cloud February 31 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 35 °C
- Coldest on record January 16 °C
- Warmest sea September 29 °C
What to expectLa Romana through the year
La Romana has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in February to 32 °C in July, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 182 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 103 mm against 16 mm in February — 6.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off La Romana is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4 °C | 19 mm | 32 % |
| February | 29.0 °C | 16 mm | 31 % |
| March | 29.4 °C | 25 mm | 36 % |
| April | 30.0 °C | 42 mm | 41 % |
| May | 30.3 °C | 87 mm | 59 % |
| June | 31.2 °C | 58 mm | 58 % |
| July | 31.7 °C | 60 mm | 52 % |
| August | 31.7 °C | 79 mm | 56 % |
| September | 31.0 °C | 103 mm | 60 % |
| October | 30.1 °C | 93 mm | 57 % |
| November | 29.0 °C | 67 mm | 47 % |
| December | 28.6 °C | 24 mm | 36 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4 °C | 21.8 °C | 24.5 °C | 31.3 °C | 16.0 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 29.0 °C | 21.7 °C | 24.7 °C | 31.7 °C | 18.3 °C | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| March | 29.4 °C | 21.8 °C | 25.1 °C | 32.6 °C | 18.2 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| April | 30.0 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 32.8 °C | 19.4 °C | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| May | 30.3 °C | 23.6 °C | 26.4 °C | 33.9 °C | 19.6 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| June | 31.2 °C | 24.5 °C | 27.4 °C | 35.4 °C | 22.1 °C | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| July | 31.7 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.7 °C | 34.8 °C | 23.2 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| August | 31.7 °C | 24.9 °C | 27.7 °C | 34.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| September | 31.0 °C | 24.6 °C | 27.2 °C | 34.3 °C | 22.7 °C | 30 | 24 | 0 |
| October | 30.1 °C | 24.1 °C | 26.5 °C | 33.6 °C | 21.8 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| November | 29.0 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.6 °C | 32.7 °C | 19.8 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| December | 28.6 °C | 22.5 °C | 25.0 °C | 31.8 °C | 17.7 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 32 % | 76 % | 17 km/h | 26.7 °C |
| February | 16 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 31 % | 73 % | 17 km/h | 26.5 °C |
| March | 25 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 36 % | 72 % | 16 km/h | 26.5 °C |
| April | 42 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 41 % | 74 % | 16 km/h | 27.0 °C |
| May | 87 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 59 % | 77 % | 15 km/h | 27.6 °C |
| June | 58 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 58 % | 77 % | 16 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| July | 60 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 52 % | 76 % | 17 km/h | 28.4 °C |
| August | 79 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 56 % | 77 % | 16 km/h | 28.7 °C |
| September | 103 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 80 % | 14 km/h | 29.0 °C |
| October | 93 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 57 % | 83 % | 13 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| November | 67 mm | 12 | 11 h/day | 47 % | 81 % | 15 km/h | 28.3 °C |
| December | 24 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 78 % | 16 km/h | 27.4 °C |
How La Romana compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Romana | 32 °C | 22 °C | 673 mm | 365 |
| San Pedro de Macorís · Dominican Republic | 31 °C | 22 °C | 737 mm | 364 |
| Santo Domingo · Dominican Republic | 30 °C | 20 °C | 1,001 mm | 363 |
| Santiago de los Caballeros · Dominican Republic | 33 °C | 19 °C | 712 mm | 350 |
| San Juan · Puerto Rico | 31 °C | 21 °C | 903 mm | 364 |
Where La Romana ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in North America in November | 20thof 50 | 29 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in December | 23rdof 50 | 29 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in January | 23rdof 50 | 28 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in February | 24thof 50 | 29 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in October | 28thof 50 | 30 °C |
| The warmest places in North America year-round | 29thof 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit La Romana.
QuestionsCommon questions about La Romana’s climate
When is the best time to visit La Romana?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does La Romana get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 182 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 22 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in La Romana?
September, averaging 103 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is February with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 673 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in La Romana rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.