🇩🇴 Weather in Punta Cana in October
This is what the weather in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) was like in October in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
29.1 °C
28.1 °C – 29.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
28.2 °C
27.3 °C – 29.0 °C
Avg. rain days in period
18.5
60 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
107 mm
53.8 mm – 201 mm
Avg. cloud cover
54 %
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 30.7 °C (20 Oct 2024) · Lowest temperature 26.2 °C (10 Oct 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 20 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 58Sunny
- 58Partly cloudy
- 9Cloudy
- 129Light rain
- 56Rain
Summary
- On average 29.1 °C during the day and 28.2 °C at night.
- On average 18.5 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 107 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Light rain.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 29.9 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 28.1 °C).
- Wettest year: 2025 (201 mm), driest: 2020 (53.8 mm).
- Extremes: 30.7 °C on 20 Oct 2024 and 26.2 °C on 10 Oct 2017.
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
2025
Avg. max29.4°Avg. min28.3°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 201 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 62 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.3 °C · Min 27.3 °C
2024
Avg. max29.9°Avg. min29.0°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 95.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.7 °C · Min 27.3 °C
2023
Avg. max29.8°Avg. min28.9°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 167 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.6 °C · Min 27.3 °C
2022
Avg. max28.9°Avg. min28.0°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 82.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.5 °C · Min 26.5 °C
2021
Avg. max29.2°Avg. min28.2°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 67.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 51 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.0 °C · Min 27.4 °C
2020
Avg. max29.1°Avg. min28.2°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 53.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 55 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.2 °C · Min 27.2 °C
2019
Avg. max29.0°Avg. min28.2°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 69.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 50 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.1 °C · Min 27.5 °C
2018
Avg. max28.1°Avg. min27.3°- Rain days
- 21 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 121 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 55 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.8 °C · Min 26.2 °C
2017
Avg. max28.5°Avg. min27.7°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 90.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.5 °C · Min 26.2 °C
2016
Avg. max28.8°Avg. min27.9°- Rain days
- 23 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 119 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.6 °C · Min 27.0 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Punta Cana in October?
- Daytime highs averaged 29.1 °C, night-time lows 28.2 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 30.7 °C (20 Oct 2024), the lowest 26.2 °C (10 Oct 2017).
- How often does it rain in Punta Cana in October?
- On average there were 18.5 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 107 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)