
Punta Cana & Dominican Republic Weather in July
In July, Punta Cana averages highs of 28.9°C (84°F), lows of 26.5°C (80°F) and about 108 mm of rain on around 21 wet days. Across the country, average highs run from 22.9°C in Constanza to 34.6°C in Punta Rucia / Cayo Arena; Las Galeras is the wettest at 141 mm and Pedernales / Bahía de las Águilas the driest at 24 mm.
July at a glance
- Average highs across the country
- 22.9–34.6°C
- Constanza coolest, Punta Rucia / Cayo Arena warmest. No single national average is shown.
- Wettest destination
- 141 mm
- Las Galeras, on about 23 wet days.
- Driest destination
- 24 mm
- Pedernales / Bahía de las Águilas, on about 1 wet days.
July by destination
| Destination | Avg high | Avg low | Monthly rainfall | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punta CanaPunta Cana & the East | 28.9°C / 84°F | 26.5°C / 80°F | 108 mm | 21 |
| BávaroPunta Cana & the East | 29.1°C / 84°F | 26.7°C / 80°F | 104 mm | 21 |
| Cap CanaPunta Cana & the East | 29°C / 84°F | 26.7°C / 80°F | 108 mm | 21 |
| Uvero AltoPunta Cana & the East | 29.5°C / 85°F | 25.8°C / 78°F | 104 mm | 21 |
| Miches / Playa EsmeraldaPunta Cana & the East | 29.3°C / 85°F | 25.5°C / 78°F | 116 mm | 21 |
| Bayahibe / DominicusLa Romana & Bayahibe | 31.4°C / 89°F | 25.4°C / 78°F | 71 mm | 18 |
| Casa de CampoLa Romana & Bayahibe | 32.2°C / 90°F | 24.8°C / 77°F | 57 mm | 18 |
| Santo DomingoSanto Domingo & the South | 30°C / 86°F | 23.3°C / 74°F | 135 mm | 21 |
| Juan DolioSanto Domingo & the South | 30.2°C / 86°F | 25.4°C / 78°F | 98 mm | 18 |
| Las TerrenasSamaná Peninsula | 30.5°C / 87°F | 25.6°C / 78°F | 87 mm | 23 |
| Samaná townSamaná Peninsula | 29.5°C / 85°F | 25.6°C / 78°F | 93 mm | 22 |
| Las GalerasSamaná Peninsula | 28.2°C / 83°F | 25.5°C / 78°F | 141 mm | 23 |
| Puerto Plata / Playa DoradaNorth Coast | 30.2°C / 86°F | 25.6°C / 78°F | 25 mm | 4 |
| SosúaNorth Coast | 30.2°C / 86°F | 25.6°C / 78°F | 25 mm | 4 |
| CabareteNorth Coast | 30°C / 86°F | 25.4°C / 78°F | 28 mm | 6 |
| JarabacoaMountains & the Cibao | 26.4°C / 79°F | 18.6°C / 66°F | 93 mm | 22 |
| ConstanzaMountains & the Cibao | 22.9°C / 73°F | 16.2°C / 61°F | 132 mm | 25 |
| BarahonaThe Southwest | 30.5°C / 87°F | 24°C / 75°F | 95 mm | 11 |
| Pedernales / Bahía de las ÁguilasThe Southwest | 33.4°C / 92°F | 25.6°C / 78°F | 24 mm | 1 |
| Punta Rucia / Cayo ArenaNorth Coast | 34.6°C / 94°F | 23.4°C / 74°F | 28 mm | 5 |
| SantiagoMountains & the Cibao | 32.6°C / 91°F | 23.2°C / 74°F | 41 mm | 14 |
How July differs region by region
- Biggest change ahead: Mountains & the Cibao moves 27 mm wetter from July into August, while Punta Cana & the East moves only 4 mm.
- Punta Cana & the East: July averages 108 mm of rain across 5 destinations with records, on about 21 wet days. That is 26 mm more than June, and 4 mm below August.
- La Romana & Bayahibe: July averages 64 mm of rain across 2 destinations with records, on about 18 wet days. That is 7 mm less than June, and 16 mm below August.
- Santo Domingo & the South: July averages 116.5 mm of rain across 2 destinations with records, on about 19.5 wet days. That is 20 mm more than June, and 6 mm below August.
- Samaná Peninsula: July averages 107 mm of rain across 3 destinations with records, on about 22.7 wet days. That is 6 mm more than June, and 5 mm below August.
- North Coast: July averages 26.5 mm of rain across 4 destinations with records, on about 4.8 wet days. That is 28 mm less than June, and 21 mm below August.
- Mountains & the Cibao: July averages 88.7 mm of rain across 3 destinations with records, on about 20.3 wet days. That is 31 mm less than June, and 27 mm below August.
- The Southwest: July averages 59.5 mm of rain across 2 destinations with records, on about 6 wet days. That is 3 mm more than June, and 4 mm below August.
Hurricane season context
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, so July falls inside it. This page makes no storm predictions of any kind and contains no forecast.
For official watches, warnings and advisories, use the NOAA National Hurricane Center and the Dominican national weather service, INDOMET.
Sargassum in July is a separate question
Nothing in this month’s climate table describes seaweed on a beach. Open the sargassum planner and set the month to July — it runs on its own live data layer and its own model version.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it rain in July in Punta Cana?
- On the 1995–2024 average, Punta Cana gets about 108 mm of rain in July on around 21 wet days. Across the country, Las Galeras is the wettest destination at 141 mm and Pedernales / Bahía de las Águilas the driest at 24 mm. These are long-term averages, not a forecast.
- Is July hurricane season in the Dominican Republic?
- Yes. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, so July falls inside it. That is a calendar window, not a prediction: this page makes no storm forecast. For official watches and warnings, use the NOAA National Hurricane Center and INDOMET.
- How hot is Punta Cana in July?
- Average highs in Punta Cana reach 28.9°C (84°F) in July, with lows around 26.5°C (80°F). Nationally, average highs run from 22.9°C in Constanza to 34.6°C in Punta Rucia / Cayo Arena in the same month.
- Is July a good month for the beach in Punta Cana?
- The climate table cannot say: it covers temperature and rainfall, not seaweed or sea conditions. For sargassum by beach and month, open the sargassum planner linked on this page and set it to July.
Weather, sargassum, and beach conditions are different questions
Everything on this page is climate: 30-year averages of temperature and rainfall. It says nothing about seaweed on a given beach on a given week, and nothing about which destination suits your trip.
Sargassum has its own live data layer, its own model and its own version string — use the sargassum planner for that question. To choose between destinations, use the destination finder.
How these numbers were produced
- Source
- Open-Meteo climate reanalysis and Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis — open-meteo.com and Copernicus ERA5-Land hourly time series
- Baseline
- 30-year averages, 1995–2024
- Climate version
- climate-v1.1-1995-2024
- These are 30-year averages, 1995–2024, sampled at each destination's registry coordinates. They are NOT a WMO standard normal, and they are NOT a forecast.
- Celsius, rainfall and wet-day values are transcribed exactly as supplied. Fahrenheit is derived from Celsius, never supplied.
- 17 destinations: monthly values from Open-Meteo climate reanalysis, transcribed as supplied.
- 4 destinations (Jarabacoa, Constanza, Juan Dolio, Punta Rucia): computed by Transekur from Copernicus ERA5-Land hourly reanalysis (CC-BY 4.0), 1995–2024, aggregated over local Santo Domingo calendar days; a wet day is ≥ 1.0 mm.
- Values represent ~9 km reanalysis grid cells: Jarabacoa 19.1,-70.6; Constanza 18.9,-70.7; Juan Dolio 18.5,-69.4 (inland representative cell a few km from the beachfront — the coastal cell is ocean in this dataset); Punta Rucia 19.6,-71.3.
- Mountain grid cells can sit above town centers, so in-town temperatures can run warmer than the grid average. Reanalysis is modeled data, not station observations.
- Wet days for the 17 Open-Meteo destinations are days with measurable precipitation as supplied by that source; that baseline does not define a millimetre threshold, so none is stated for them.
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