Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
tropical climate · city · medium crowds · budget prices
🏊 Swimmable sea this month (≥22°C)
If you're planning a city break, Santo Domingo deserves a close look. This Dominican Republic destination lies in the tropics, and its climate record peaks at a 95/100 sun score in January — 28°C afternoons under 35% average cloud cover.
The year runs from average lows of 21°C in January to highs of 31°C in July. The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 76% rain-day odds in July against 34% in January. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on January–December.
Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 29°C highs with 59% rain-day odds, summer 31°C at 74%, autumn 30°C at 65%, and winter 28°C at 38%. In short: plan around winter if you can, keep spring as the fallback, and go into autumn with managed expectations (its season score is 85). A practical compromise is January — the edge of the warm window, averaging 28°C with a 95 sun score.
Best months to visit Santo Domingo
Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is January at 95/100, then February at 95 and March at 94. In practice you have flexibility — January–December all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip October if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 84/100.
Put against its 126 tropical peers in January, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 87% of them.
Month-by-month breakdown for Santo Domingo → · More destinations for January →
Right now the 15-day outlook shows 2 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and 4 with real rain risk, with temperatures between 22°C and 31°C — which is how Santo Domingo earns its current 85/100 sun score.
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Flights from Europe
| From | Distance | Estimated non-stop time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels (BRU) | 7,327 km | ~9 h 45 | Find flights → |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 7,365 km | ~9 h 45 | Find flights → |
| London (LON) | 7,017 km | ~9 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Paris (PAR) | 7,182 km | ~9 h 30 | Find flights → |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | 7,636 km | ~10 h | Find flights → |
Estimates from distance; actual schedules may require a connection.
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Next 16 days
Live forecast, refreshed twice daily. Forecasts updated 29 Oct, 06:35 CET.
| Date | High / low | Cloud | Rain odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct | 29° / 23° | 84% | 47% |
| Fri 30 Oct | 30° / 23° | 69% | 31% |
| Sat 31 Oct | 31° / 22° | 17% | 22% |
| Sun 1 Nov | 29° / 23° | 53% | 35% |
| Mon 2 Nov | 29° / 23° | 65% | 33% |
| Tue 3 Nov | 29° / 23° | 80% | 44% |
| Wed 4 Nov | 28° / 24° | 77% | 43% |
| Thu 5 Nov | 29° / 24° | 80% | 48% |
| Fri 6 Nov | 29° / 23° | 91% | 40% |
| Sat 7 Nov | 30° / 24° | 41% | 39% |
| Sun 8 Nov | 30° / 23° | 40% | 36% |
| Mon 9 Nov | 30° / 23° | 10% | 28% |
| Tue 10 Nov | 30° / 23° | 64% | 35% |
| Wed 11 Nov | 29° / 23° | 56% | 32% |
| Thu 12 Nov | 29° / 23° | 84% | 32% |
Santo Domingo climate, month by month
2015–2024 averages (January highlighted as the best month).
| Month | Day / night °C | Cloud | Rain-day odds | Sun score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2° / 20.7° | 35.1% | 33.5% | 95 |
| February | 28.7° / 20.7° | 32.3% | 39.7% | 95 |
| March | 28.9° / 20.9° | 37.1% | 46.4% | 94 |
| April | 29° / 21.8° | 48.4% | 63% | 90 |
| May | 29.4° / 22.8° | 62.6% | 69% | 91 |
| June | 30.3° / 23.5° | 64.9% | 71.3% | 92 |
| July | 30.9° / 23.8° | 58.7% | 75.8% | 89 |
| August | 30.8° / 23.9° | 56.6% | 75.5% | 86 |
| September | 30.5° / 23.9° | 63.8% | 72% | 84 |
| October | 29.9° / 23.4° | 62.5% | 65.6% | 84 |
| November | 29° / 22.4° | 51.5% | 56% | 87 |
| December | 28.5° / 21.4° | 36.6% | 41.3% | 94 |
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