Puerto Plata climate — normals and trends
Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Puerto Plata averages 0 frost days, 111 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Puerto Plata has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 15 September 2024) and the coldest 16.2 °C (on 11 January 1956).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Puerto PlataPuerto Plata
- coords
- 19.79°, -70.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.2°C
Average daily high
28.6°C
Average daily low
22.7°C
Annual rainfall
806mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
111 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.9 °C
Average feels-like low
25.4 °C
Average peak gust
42.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
349 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.2 °C
15 September 2024
Coldest day
16.2 °C
11 January 1956
Wettest day
102 mm
5 January 2018
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
22 September 1998
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
22 September 1998
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
29 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
15.6 °C
16 January 2000
Sunniest day
12.9 h
21 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 32 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 28.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 29.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 23 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 28.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 112 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 29.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 37 mm | -54 mm |
| Jun | 30.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 23 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 24 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 31.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 92 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 31.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 101 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 29.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 51 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 28.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Plata?
Puerto Plata has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Plata?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Plata between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 2024, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Plata?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Plata between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 16.2 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Plata?
Almost never: Puerto Plata sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Plata warmed?
Yes: Puerto Plata warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Plata?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Plata between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2018, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Plata?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Plata between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1998, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Plata?
The warmest month in Puerto Plata is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Plata?
Puerto Plata receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Plata?
Puerto Plata gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Plata?
Yes: Puerto Plata has on average 349 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Plata?
In Puerto Plata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 29 August 2023, and the lowest was 15.6 °C on 16 January 2000.
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