🇩🇴 Weather in Punta Cana in May
This is what the weather in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
27.8 °C
27.3 °C – 28.6 °C
Avg. night-time low
27.0 °C
26.4 °C – 27.6 °C
Avg. rain days in period
17.6
57 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
104 mm
35.4 mm – 246 mm
Avg. cloud cover
50 %
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 29.6 °C (30 May 2024) · Lowest temperature 25.0 °C (1 May 2022) · Avg. daily peak wind 22 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 63Sunny
- 54Partly cloudy
- 17Cloudy
- 118Light rain
- 58Rain
Summary
- On average 27.8 °C during the day and 27.0 °C at night.
- On average 17.6 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 104 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Light rain.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 28.6 °C), coolest: 2019 (avg. 27.3 °C).
- Wettest year: 2024 (246 mm), driest: 2021 (35.4 mm).
- Extremes: 29.6 °C on 30 May 2024 and 25.0 °C on 1 May 2022.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max28.2°Avg. min27.3°- Rain days
- 21 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 69.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 38 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.7 °C · Min 26.6 °C
2025
Avg. max28.0°Avg. min27.1°- Rain days
- 21 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 133 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.9 °C · Min 26.2 °C
2024
Avg. max28.6°Avg. min27.6°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 246 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.6 °C · Min 26.4 °C
2023
Avg. max28.3°Avg. min27.5°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 67.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.0 °C · Min 26.8 °C
2022
Avg. max27.5°Avg. min26.6°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 59.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.3 °C · Min 25.0 °C
2021
Avg. max27.3°Avg. min26.6°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 35.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 38 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.2 °C · Min 26.0 °C
2020
Avg. max28.4°Avg. min27.4°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 124 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 50 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.0 °C · Min 26.5 °C
2019
Avg. max27.3°Avg. min26.5°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 98.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.9 °C · Min 25.9 °C
2018
Avg. max27.3°Avg. min26.4°- Rain days
- 23 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 72.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 54 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.9 °C · Min 25.5 °C
2017
Avg. max27.4°Avg. min26.6°- Rain days
- 21 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 130 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 50 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.4 °C · Min 25.3 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Punta Cana in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 27.8 °C, night-time lows 27.0 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 29.6 °C (30 May 2024), the lowest 25.0 °C (1 May 2022).
- How often does it rain in Punta Cana in May?
- On average there were 17.6 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 104 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)