Climate · Punta Cana

Punta Cana in April

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Punta Cana is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Punta Cana is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 55% of days
Daylight
12h 33mon average

Is April a good time to visit Punta Cana?


Yes. April is one of Punta Cana's best months (January to April).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in April, against 82°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in April, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

55% of days in April, against 47% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in April, against 25% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

12h 33m in April, against 11h 02m to 13h 13m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. March83°28°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April84°29°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. May85°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Punta Cana sits, in April

America/Puerto Rico

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:17 AMsets 6:50 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Santo Domingo161 km west

The land around Punta Cana, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Dominican Republic in April

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Punta Cana. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.