North & Central America · Beach travel

Best time to visit Punta Cana

Mid Jan–Late Jan, Mid Feb–Mid Mar is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 29.2°C, with 3.4 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Punta Cana
Photo: Ila Mae Thie (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Punta Cana season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Great (season score 77.7)Mid Jan: Best (season score 86.3)Late Jan: Best (season score 92.0)Early Feb: Great (season score 85.3)Mid Feb: Best (season score 87.6)Late Feb: Best (season score 92.4)Early Mar: Best (season score 88.5)Mid Mar: Best (season score 96.1)Late Mar: Great (season score 83.5)Early Apr: Great (season score 82.1)Mid Apr: Great (season score 75.6)Late Apr: Good (season score 65.6)Early May: Good (season score 63.2)Mid May: Okay (season score 47.5)Late May: Fair (season score 34.1)Early Jun: Fair (season score 38.1)Mid Jun: Fair (season score 38.7)Late Jun: Fair (season score 29.0)Early Jul: Fair (season score 30.3)Mid Jul: Fair (season score 29.4)Late Jul: Off-season (season score 26.1)Early Aug: Off-season (season score 24.4)Mid Aug: Avoid (season score 11.1)Late Aug: Avoid (season score 3.9)Early Sep: Avoid (season score 6.3)Mid Sep: Avoid (season score 8.3)Late Sep: Avoid (season score 11.9)Early Oct: Avoid (season score 11.9)Mid Oct: Off-season (season score 20.4)Late Oct: Off-season (season score 26.6)Early Nov: Fair (season score 32.3)Mid Nov: Okay (season score 47.7)Late Nov: Great (season score 75.8)Early Dec: Great (season score 72.0)Mid Dec: Great (season score 75.9)Late Dec: Great (season score 82.1)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

Japan MOFA travel advice: Level 1 (Exercise caution)

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Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryGreat29.1°C4.235.0%
FebruaryBest29.1°C3.834.2%
MarchBest29.6°C3.135.4%
AprilGreat30.4°C3.340.3%
MayOkay31.0°C4.053.2%
JuneFair31.7°C3.953.3%
JulyFair32.0°C4.347.0%
AugustAvoid32.2°C4.244.9%
SeptemberAvoid32.2°C3.851.6%
OctoberOff-season31.8°C4.751.2%
NovemberOkay30.6°C5.045.0%
DecemberGreat29.6°C4.336.1%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Weather station: PUNTA CANA INTL(5 km). Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.