Punta Cana climate — normals and trends
Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,006 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Punta Cana averages 0 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 206 rainy days per year.
Punta Cana has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 15 August 2024) and the coldest 19.0 °C (on 8 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
Punta CanaLa Altagracia Province
- coords
- 18.58°, -68.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
27.7°C
Average daily low
24.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,006mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
206 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.6 °C
Average feels-like low
27.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
31.7 °C
15 August 2024
Coldest day
19.0 °C
8 January 1956
Wettest day
190 mm
31 August 1979
Windiest day
71.9 km/h
21 September 2017
Strongest gust
132.1 km/h
22 September 1998
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
11 September 2023
Coldest feels-like
16.3 °C
16 January 2000
Sunniest day
13.0 h
23 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 35 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 44 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 27.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 27.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 77 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 28.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 119 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 57 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 59 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 67 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 193 mm | +67 mm |
| Oct | 29.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 164 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 28.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 79 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 27.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 30 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punta Cana?
Punta Cana has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 1,006 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punta Cana?
The hottest day measured in Punta Cana between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2024, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punta Cana?
The coldest day measured in Punta Cana between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1956, at 19.0 °C.
Does it snow in Punta Cana?
Almost never: Punta Cana sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Punta Cana warmed?
Yes: Punta Cana warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punta Cana?
The wettest day measured in Punta Cana between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1979, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punta Cana?
The windiest day measured in Punta Cana between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2017, with winds reaching 71.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punta Cana?
The warmest month in Punta Cana is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (24.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Punta Cana?
Punta Cana receives on average 1,006 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 206 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punta Cana?
Punta Cana gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Punta Cana?
Yes: Punta Cana has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punta Cana?
In Punta Cana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 11 September 2023, and the lowest was 16.3 °C on 16 January 2000.
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