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Punta Cana in January

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Punta Cana is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Punta Cana is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
11h 09mon average

Is January a good time to visit Punta Cana?

Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in January, against 47% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 09m in January, against 11h 02m to 13h 13m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December83°28°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January82°28°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February82°28°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Punta Cana sits, in January

America/Puerto Rico
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:08 AMsets 6:16 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.