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Punta Cana in July

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Punta Cana is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Punta Cana is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 78% of days
Daylight
13h 07mon average

Is July a good time to visit Punta Cana?

July sits outside Punta Cana's best months, which run from January to April. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in July, against 82°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in July, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

78% of days in July, against 47% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in July, against 25% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

13h 07m in July, against 11h 02m to 13h 13m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. June87°31°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. July87°31°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. August87°31°low 79°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Punta Cana sits, in July

America/Puerto Rico
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:05 AMsets 7:14 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 July, 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 July

high · low · wet days
See July 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.