🇩🇴 Weather in Punta Cana in January
This is what the weather in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) was like in January in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
26.7 °C
26.2 °C – 27.1 °C
Avg. night-time low
25.8 °C
25.3 °C – 26.2 °C
Avg. rain days in period
13.6
44 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
56.9 mm
16.0 mm – 111 mm
Avg. cloud cover
33 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
26.8 °C
Sea point approx. 10 km from the location
Extremes: Highest temperature 28.0 °C (16 Jan 2024) · Lowest temperature 24.1 °C (19 Jan 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 26 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 112Sunny
- 53Partly cloudy
- 9Cloudy
- 105Light rain
- 31Rain
Summary
- On average 26.7 °C during the day and 25.8 °C at night.
- On average 13.6 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 56.9 mm of precipitation in total.
- The sea averaged 26.8 °C.
- Prevailing: Sunny.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 27.1 °C), coolest: 2019 (avg. 26.2 °C).
- Wettest year: 2018 (111 mm), driest: 2021 (16.0 mm).
- Extremes: 28.0 °C on 16 Jan 2024 and 24.1 °C on 19 Jan 2017.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max27.0°Avg. min26.0°- Rain days
- 25 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 104 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 29 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 27.2 °C
Max 27.8 °C · Min 24.7 °C
2025
Avg. max27.1°Avg. min26.1°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 46.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 29 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 27.3 °C
Max 27.9 °C · Min 24.7 °C
2024
Avg. max27.1°Avg. min26.2°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 25 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.8 °C
Max 28.0 °C · Min 25.0 °C
2023
Avg. max26.4°Avg. min25.4°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 54.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 28 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.7 °C
Max 27.2 °C · Min 24.1 °C
2022
Avg. max26.6°Avg. min25.7°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 94.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 22 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.9 °C
Max 27.2 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2021
Avg. max26.5°Avg. min25.8°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 16.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.8 °C
Max 27.3 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2020
Avg. max26.7°Avg. min25.9°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 42.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 35 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.9 °C
Max 27.9 °C · Min 24.8 °C
2019
Avg. max26.2°Avg. min25.3°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 36.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 31 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.4 °C
Max 26.9 °C · Min 24.2 °C
2018
Avg. max26.8°Avg. min26.0°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 111 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 56 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.9 °C
Max 27.4 °C · Min 25.4 °C
2017
Avg. max26.2°Avg. min25.3°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 36.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 33 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 26.3 °C
Max 27.4 °C · Min 24.1 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Punta Cana in January?
- Daytime highs averaged 26.7 °C, night-time lows 25.8 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 28.0 °C (16 Jan 2024), the lowest 24.1 °C (19 Jan 2017).
- How often does it rain in Punta Cana in January?
- On average there were 13.6 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 56.9 mm of precipitation in total.
- How warm is the sea in Punta Cana in January?
- The sea temperature averaged 26.8 °C (open-sea point approx. 10 km from the town).
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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) - Sea point approx. 10 km from the location (18.500, -68.360)
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