🇩🇴 Weather in Punta Cana in March
This is what the weather in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) was like in March in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
26.3 °C
25.8 °C – 26.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
25.4 °C
24.9 °C – 26.0 °C
Avg. rain days in period
11.4
37 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
137 mm
20.2 mm – 478 mm
Avg. cloud cover
32 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 28.0 °C (24 Mar 2025) · Lowest temperature 23.9 °C (11 Mar 2023) · Avg. daily peak wind 26 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 138Sunny
- 57Partly cloudy
- 1Cloudy
- 83Light rain
- 31Rain
Summary
- On average 26.3 °C during the day and 25.4 °C at night.
- On average 11.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 137 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Sunny.
- Warmest year: 2025 (avg. 26.9 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 25.8 °C).
- Wettest year: 2025 (478 mm), driest: 2018 (20.2 mm).
- Extremes: 28.0 °C on 24 Mar 2025 and 23.9 °C on 11 Mar 2023.
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. max26.8°Avg. min25.6°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 125 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.6 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2025
Avg. max26.9°Avg. min26.0°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 478 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 23 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.0 °C · Min 24.8 °C
2024
Avg. max26.8°Avg. min25.8°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 46.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 27 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.8 °C · Min 24.5 °C
2023
Avg. max26.1°Avg. min25.1°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 463 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 24 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.8 °C · Min 23.9 °C
2022
Avg. max26.7°Avg. min25.7°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 49.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 32 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.4 °C · Min 24.8 °C
2021
Avg. max26.2°Avg. min25.4°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 23.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 28 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.0 °C · Min 24.7 °C
2020
Avg. max26.0°Avg. min25.2°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 69.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 39 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.9 °C · Min 24.8 °C
2019
Avg. max26.0°Avg. min25.1°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 22.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 32 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.6 °C · Min 24.2 °C
2018
Avg. max25.8°Avg. min24.9°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 20.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 32 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.8 °C · Min 23.9 °C
2017
Avg. max26.0°Avg. min25.1°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 66.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.4 °C · Min 24.3 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Punta Cana in March?
- Daytime highs averaged 26.3 °C, night-time lows 25.4 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 28.0 °C (24 Mar 2025), the lowest 23.9 °C (11 Mar 2023).
- How often does it rain in Punta Cana in March?
- On average there were 11.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 137 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
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