🇩🇴 Weather in Punta Cana in August
This is what the weather in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) was like in August in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
29.3 °C
28.7 °C – 29.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
28.5 °C
27.9 °C – 29.1 °C
Avg. rain days in period
18.9
61 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
95.1 mm
36.5 mm – 217 mm
Avg. sunshine per day
n/a
Sunshine duration is not available from this data source.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 30.5 °C (5 Aug 2023) · Lowest temperature 27.3 °C (31 Aug 2021) · Avg. daily peak wind 25 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 54Sunny
- 49Partly cloudy
- 9Cloudy
- 148Light rain
- 41Rain
Summary
- On average 29.3 °C during the day and 28.5 °C at night.
- On average 18.9 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 95.1 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Light rain.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 29.9 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 28.7 °C).
- Wettest year: 2021 (217 mm), driest: 2019 (36.5 mm).
- Extremes: 30.5 °C on 5 Aug 2023 and 27.3 °C on 31 Aug 2021.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max29.6°Avg. min28.7°- Rain days
- 22 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 60.0 mm
- Avg. sunshine per day
- n/a
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.1 °C · Min 28.2 °C
2025
Avg. max29.6°Avg. min28.7°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 43.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 39 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.1 °C · Min 28.2 °C
2024
Avg. max29.9°Avg. min28.9°- Rain days
- 26 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 115 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 36 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.5 °C · Min 28.3 °C
2023
Avg. max29.9°Avg. min29.1°- Rain days
- 23 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 187 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 51 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.5 °C · Min 28.0 °C
2022
Avg. max29.0°Avg. min28.2°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 56.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.5 °C · Min 27.6 °C
2021
Avg. max28.9°Avg. min28.1°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 217 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.4 °C · Min 27.3 °C
2020
Avg. max29.3°Avg. min28.5°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 69.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.1 °C · Min 27.9 °C
2019
Avg. max29.2°Avg. min28.4°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 36.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.8 °C · Min 27.8 °C
2018
Avg. max28.7°Avg. min27.9°- Rain days
- 21 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 97.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 39 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.2 °C · Min 27.4 °C
2017
Avg. max29.2°Avg. min28.4°- Rain days
- 22 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 70.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.7 °C · Min 27.8 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Punta Cana in August?
- Daytime highs averaged 29.3 °C, night-time lows 28.5 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 30.5 °C (5 Aug 2023), the lowest 27.3 °C (31 Aug 2021).
- How often does it rain in Punta Cana in August?
- On average there were 18.9 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 95.1 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)