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Punta Cana in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Punta Cana is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 2 minutes.December in Punta Cana is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 2 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
11h 02mon average

Is December a good time to visit Punta Cana?

A good month, just outside Punta Cana's best months, which run from 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in December, against 82°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in December, against 47% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

32% cover in December, against 25% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

11h 02m in December, against 11h 02m to 13h 13m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November85°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December83°28°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January82°28°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Punta Cana sits, in December

America/Puerto Rico
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:58 AMsets 5:59 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Punta Cana

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.