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Santo Domingo in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Santo Domingo is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 2 minutes.December in Santo Domingo is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 2 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
11h 02mon average

Is December a good time to visit Santo Domingo?

Yes. December is one of Santo Domingo's best months (December to March).

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 85°F in December, against 85°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in December, against 47% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in December, against 27% to 69% 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. November87°31°low 72°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January85°29°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Santo Domingo sits, in December

America/Santo Domingo
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:04 AMsets 6:06 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Río San Juan132 km north

The land around Santo Domingo, 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 Santo Domingo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santo Domingo. 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.