San Pedro de Macorís climate

Name: San Pedro de Macorís
Address: DO

San Pedro de Macorís is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (124 mm) and February the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year San Pedro de Macorís averages 737 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Dominican Republic · population 217,899 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month February 22 °C
Driest month February 16 mm
Wettest month September 124 mm
Least cloud February 29 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record March 17 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectSan Pedro de Macorís through the year

San Pedro de Macorís changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 117 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 124 mm against 16 mm in February — 7.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off San Pedro de Macorís 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	28.0 °C	19 mm	30 %
February	28.4 °C	16 mm	29 %
March	28.5 °C	22 mm	33 %
April	29.1 °C	39 mm	38 %
May	29.5 °C	86 mm	57 %
June	30.3 °C	66 mm	57 %
July	30.9 °C	69 mm	51 %
August	30.8 °C	97 mm	55 %
September	30.2 °C	124 mm	59 %
October	29.4 °C	103 mm	56 %
November	28.7 °C	70 mm	46 %
December	28.3 °C	26 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	22.5 °C	24.8 °C	31.2 °C	17.4 °C	31	1
February	28.4 °C	22.4 °C	24.9 °C	32.3 °C	19.6 °C	28	1
March	28.5 °C	22.6 °C	25.1 °C	32.3 °C	17.3 °C	31	2
April	29.1 °C	23.3 °C	25.8 °C	33.4 °C	20.4 °C	30	5
May	29.5 °C	24.3 °C	26.5 °C	32.0 °C	20.5 °C	31	10
June	30.3 °C	25.1 °C	27.4 °C	34.7 °C	22.8 °C	30	19
July	30.9 °C	25.4 °C	27.7 °C	35.6 °C	23.5 °C	31	25
August	30.8 °C	25.5 °C	27.7 °C	35.6 °C	23.4 °C	31	23
September	30.2 °C	25.3 °C	27.3 °C	34.7 °C	23.1 °C	30	17
October	29.4 °C	24.8 °C	26.7 °C	33.2 °C	21.5 °C	31	9
November	28.7 °C	24.0 °C	25.9 °C	33.5 °C	20.6 °C	30	3
December	28.3 °C	23.2 °C	25.3 °C	31.5 °C	19.7 °C	31	2

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	30 %	75 %	20 km/h	26.8 °C
February	16 mm	4	12 h/day	29 %	73 %	20 km/h	26.6 °C
March	22 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	72 %	20 km/h	26.6 °C
April	39 mm	8	13 h/day	38 %	74 %	19 km/h	27.0 °C
May	86 mm	14	13 h/day	57 %	77 %	19 km/h	27.7 °C
June	66 mm	13	13 h/day	57 %	77 %	19 km/h	28.3 °C
July	69 mm	12	13 h/day	51 %	76 %	20 km/h	28.4 °C
August	97 mm	15	13 h/day	55 %	78 %	19 km/h	28.7 °C
September	124 mm	18	12 h/day	59 %	80 %	17 km/h	29.1 °C
October	103 mm	17	12 h/day	56 %	81 %	17 km/h	29.0 °C
November	70 mm	12	11 h/day	46 %	80 %	18 km/h	28.4 °C
December	26 mm	6	11 h/day	34 %	76 %	20 km/h	27.5 °C

How San Pedro de Macorís 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
San Pedro de Macorís	31 °C	22 °C	737 mm	364
La Romana · Dominican Republic	32 °C	22 °C	673 mm	365
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
Pétionville · Haiti	31 °C	19 °C	1,532 mm	363
Delmas · Haiti	33 °C	21 °C	1,454 mm	364
Port-au-Prince · Haiti	34 °C	21 °C	1,454 mm	365

Where San Pedro de Macorís ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in December	24thof 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	25thof 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in November	26thof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	32ndof 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in October	39thof 50	29 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in March	44thof 50	94/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit San Pedro de Macorís.

QuestionsCommon questions about San Pedro de Macorís’s climate

When is the best time to visit San Pedro de Macorís?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March 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 San Pedro de Macorís get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 117 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °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 San Pedro de Macorís?

September, averaging 124 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is February with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 737 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 San Pedro de Macorís 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: 1 August 2026

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.