Santa Cruz de Barahona climate — normals and trends
Santa Cruz de Barahona (Dominican Republic) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.0 °C and it receives 630 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 (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Santa Cruz de Barahona averages 0 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Santa Cruz de Barahona has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 22 September 1998) and the coldest 18.2 °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
Santa Cruz de BarahonaBarahona Province
- coords
- 18.21°, -71.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.0°C
Average daily high
28.7°C
Average daily low
23.7°C
Annual rainfall
630mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
2.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
70 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.6 °C
Average feels-like low
27.4 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
33.8 °C
22 September 1998
Coldest day
18.2 °C
11 January 1956
Wettest day
182 mm
23 May 1992
Windiest day
55.2 km/h
5 August 1980
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
5 August 1980
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
29 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
18.0 °C
7 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.8 h
12 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 28.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 28.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 17 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 29.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 29.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 34 mm | -56 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 13 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 28 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 119 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 29.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 524 mm | +412 mm |
| Nov | 29.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 35 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 28.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Cruz de Barahona?
Santa Cruz de Barahona has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.0 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz de Barahona between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1998, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz de Barahona between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 18.2 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
Almost never: Santa Cruz de Barahona sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Cruz de Barahona warmed?
Yes: Santa Cruz de Barahona warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz de Barahona between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1992, with 182 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz de Barahona between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1980, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
The warmest month in Santa Cruz de Barahona is August (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (24.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
Santa Cruz de Barahona receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
Santa Cruz de Barahona gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
Yes: Santa Cruz de Barahona has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cruz de Barahona?
In Santa Cruz de Barahona, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 29 July 2020, and the lowest was 18.0 °C on 7 January 1956.
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