Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Weather Score #

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Perfect for sun worshippers, beach lovers, and those seeking warm, dry climates for outdoor activities and relaxation.

Formula optimized for hot weather enthusiasts who prefer temperatures above 25°C (77°F) with maximum sun exposure and minimal precipitation.

Key factors in the calculation:

High temperatures: Favors locations with warm to hot daily highs
Abundant sunshine: Rewards areas with maximum daylight hours
Low precipitation: Penalizes frequent rain and wet conditions
Warm nights: Considers comfortable evening temperatures

Temperatures #

Temperatures across all cities remain within a comfortable range throughout the year
Santiago exhibits slightly lower minimum temperatures, especially in January and February, compared to the other cities
Maximum temperatures in Santiago tend to be a bit higher, particularly during the summer months (June-September)
Puerto Plata showcases the lowest maximum temperatures, remaining generally more stable.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	27.5°C	28.3°C	28.3°C	26.7°C	28.3°C	27.5°C
Feb	27.6°C	28.3°C	28.3°C	26.5°C	28.3°C	27.7°C
Mar	29.0°C	29.2°C	29.2°C	26.9°C	29.2°C	28.7°C
Apr	29.6°C	29.5°C	29.6°C	28.0°C	29.5°C	29.5°C
May	30.6°C	30.0°C	30.0°C	29.4°C	30.0°C	30.5°C
Jun	32.0°C	30.7°C	30.7°C	30.5°C	30.7°C	31.3°C
Jul	32.0°C	30.8°C	30.8°C	30.5°C	30.8°C	31.2°C
Aug	32.0°C	31.1°C	31.1°C	30.5°C	31.1°C	31.3°C
Sep	32.1°C	31.6°C	31.6°C	30.6°C	31.6°C	31.6°C
Oct	30.8°C	30.9°C	30.8°C	29.8°C	30.9°C	30.6°C
Nov	28.9°C	29.5°C	29.6°C	28.3°C	29.5°C	28.8°C
Dec	27.6°C	28.7°C	28.8°C	27.1°C	28.7°C	27.8°C
Average	29.7°C	29.9°C	28.7°C	30.0°C	29.9°C	29.9°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	18.5°C	20.7°C	20.8°C	20.9°C	20.7°C	21.2°C
Feb	18.3°C	20.6°C	20.7°C	20.8°C	20.6°C	21.2°C
Mar	18.7°C	20.9°C	21.0°C	20.8°C	20.9°C	21.1°C
Apr	19.8°C	21.7°C	21.8°C	21.7°C	21.7°C	22.1°C
May	21.1°C	22.9°C	23.0°C	23.0°C	22.9°C	23.2°C
Jun	21.8°C	23.8°C	23.9°C	23.7°C	23.8°C	23.9°C
Jul	22.1°C	23.9°C	24.0°C	24.0°C	23.9°C	24.3°C
Aug	22.2°C	24.2°C	24.2°C	24.2°C	24.2°C	24.5°C
Sep	21.9°C	24.3°C	24.3°C	24.3°C	24.3°C	24.4°C
Oct	21.4°C	23.7°C	23.9°C	23.9°C	23.7°C	23.8°C
Nov	20.3°C	22.7°C	22.8°C	22.8°C	22.7°C	22.8°C
Dec	19.0°C	21.6°C	21.6°C	21.9°C	21.6°C	22.0°C
Average	22.9°C	22.6°C	22.7°C	20.4°C	22.6°C	22.7°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

Overall, Puerto Plata exhibits the highest average sun hours, particularly in July and August, with around 8 to 8.5 hours per day, contrasting starkly with Higuey, which shows minimal sun hours throughout the year.
In terms of precipitation, Puerto Plata experiences significant rainfall in October and November, with levels reaching 14.01mm and 15.17mm, respectively, while Higuey shows a similar trend with exceptionally high precipitation in November at 19.24mm, suggesting this region faces severe weather patterns during these months.

Sunny Weather

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	4.9 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	3.1 hours/day
Feb	4.7 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	3.0 hours/day
Mar	4.8 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	3.9 hours/day
Apr	5.1 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	4.4 hours/day
May	4.6 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	3.8 hours/day
Jun	7.0 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	4.3 hours/day
Jul	7.2 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	8.4 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	3.7 hours/day
Aug	7.1 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	3.5 hours/day
Sep	5.4 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	3.2 hours/day
Oct	4.7 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	2.7 hours/day
Nov	4.6 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	2.5 hours/day
Dec	4.6 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	2.9 hours/day
Average	3.4 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	4.5 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	2.2mm	1.6mm	1.5mm	2.1mm	1.6mm	1.4mm
Feb	2.3mm	1.7mm	1.7mm	1.8mm	1.7mm	1.6mm
Mar	3.0mm	2.0mm	2.0mm	3.2mm	2.0mm	2.3mm
Apr	2.7mm	3.0mm	3.0mm	2.0mm	3.0mm	2.1mm
May	4.1mm	3.5mm	3.6mm	2.9mm	3.5mm	2.8mm
Jun	1.8mm	3.1mm	3.1mm	1.6mm	3.1mm	1.8mm
Jul	1.4mm	4.6mm	4.6mm	1.2mm	4.6mm	2.8mm
Aug	3.1mm	5.5mm	5.8mm	2.7mm	5.5mm	3.3mm
Sep	4.9mm	3.7mm	4.5mm	3.9mm	3.7mm	4.5mm
Oct	5.9mm	4.2mm	5.4mm	4.4mm	4.2mm	4.4mm
Nov	3.5mm	4.6mm	4.7mm	4.3mm	4.6mm	6.2mm
Dec	3.6mm	1.9mm	2.0mm	4.2mm	1.9mm	2.4mm
Average	3.0mm	3.3mm	2.9mm	3.2mm	3.3mm	3.5mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	16.6km/h	15.6km/h	15.9km/h	17.7km/h	15.6km/h	19.5km/h
Feb	19.5km/h	17.0km/h	17.4km/h	20.4km/h	17.0km/h	21.8km/h
Mar	17.4km/h	16.7km/h	17.0km/h	19.3km/h	16.7km/h	19.9km/h
Apr	16.5km/h	15.3km/h	15.6km/h	19.4km/h	15.4km/h	18.5km/h
May	16.4km/h	14.8km/h	15.0km/h	18.8km/h	14.8km/h	17.9km/h
Jun	19.1km/h	14.8km/h	15.2km/h	20.6km/h	14.8km/h	18.9km/h
Jul	22.6km/h	15.2km/h	15.5km/h	23.7km/h	15.2km/h	20.7km/h
Aug	21.2km/h	15.0km/h	15.1km/h	22.5km/h	15.0km/h	20.3km/h
Sep	16.0km/h	14.3km/h	14.2km/h	18.7km/h	14.3km/h	17.6km/h
Oct	14.0km/h	13.5km/h	13.5km/h	16.1km/h	13.5km/h	15.9km/h
Nov	14.1km/h	13.8km/h	14.0km/h	16.2km/h	13.8km/h	16.8km/h
Dec	15.1km/h	15.5km/h	15.6km/h	17.3km/h	15.5km/h	19.2km/h
Average	18.9km/h	15.1km/h	19.2km/h	17.4km/h	15.1km/h	15.3km/h

Humidity

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	80.5%	77.9%	77.9%	80.3%	77.9%	80.4%
Feb	78.0%	75.7%	75.7%	78.6%	75.7%	77.3%
Mar	76.7%	74.4%	74.4%	78.6%	74.4%	75.8%
Apr	75.0%	74.7%	74.7%	77.4%	74.8%	73.5%
May	76.1%	76.7%	76.7%	78.3%	76.7%	75.1%
Jun	72.7%	76.5%	76.6%	76.6%	76.5%	75.1%
Jul	71.3%	77.6%	77.7%	76.3%	77.6%	75.7%
Aug	73.1%	78.2%	78.5%	77.4%	78.2%	77.3%
Sep	76.2%	78.0%	78.4%	78.7%	78.0%	78.7%
Oct	79.5%	78.7%	79.2%	79.2%	78.7%	80.3%
Nov	81.9%	80.0%	80.1%	80.3%	80.0%	83.1%
Dec	82.0%	78.9%	79.1%	80.8%	78.9%	82.2%
Average	77.9%	77.3%	78.5%	76.9%	77.3%	77.4%

Daylight Hours #

Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo Este, and Los Alcarrizos have identical sunrise and sunset times, which leads to the same day lengths.
In contrast, Santiago and Puerto Plata experience slightly later sunrises and sunsets, resulting in marginally shorter days in December compared to the former three cities.
Notably, Higuey has the earliest sunrise at 5:58 AM in June and the earliest sunset at 5:57 PM in November, which contributes to its distinct day length dynamics.
Overall, while there are minor variations among cities, the patterns reveal a general trend of longer days in June and shorter days in December across the board.

Sunrise Time

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	7:19	7:14	7:14	7:20	7:14	7:10
Feb	7:11	7:07	7:07	7:11	7:07	7:02
Mar	6:50	6:47	6:47	6:50	6:47	6:42
Apr	6:25	6:23	6:23	6:25	6:23	6:17
May	6:08	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:06	6:01
Jun	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	5:59
Jul	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:12	6:07
Aug	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:23	6:22	6:16
Sep	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:30	6:28	6:22
Oct	6:38	6:34	6:34	6:38	6:34	6:29
Nov	6:52	6:47	6:47	6:52	6:47	6:42
Dec	7:10	7:04	7:04	7:10	7:04	6:59
Average	6:30	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	18:25	18:24	18:24	18:25	18:24	18:19
Feb	18:42	18:40	18:40	18:42	18:40	18:35
Mar	18:53	18:50	18:49	18:53	18:50	18:44
Apr	19:01	18:57	18:57	19:01	18:57	18:52
May	19:11	19:07	19:07	19:12	19:07	19:02
Jun	19:22	19:17	19:17	19:23	19:17	19:13
Jul	19:24	19:19	19:19	19:25	19:19	19:14
Aug	19:10	19:05	19:05	19:10	19:05	19:01
Sep	18:44	18:41	18:41	18:44	18:41	18:37
Oct	18:19	18:17	18:16	18:19	18:17	18:11
Nov	18:04	18:03	18:02	18:04	18:03	17:58
Dec	18:08	18:07	18:07	18:07	18:07	18:02
Average	18:36	18:42	18:48	18:48	18:42	18:42

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Santiago	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	Puerto Plata	Los Alcarrizos	Higuey
Jan	11:06 hours	11:10 hours	11:10 hours	11:05 hours	11:10 hours	11:09 hours
Feb	11:31 hours	11:33 hours	11:33 hours	11:31 hours	11:33 hours	11:32 hours
Mar	11:53 hours	11:50 hours	11:49 hours	11:53 hours	11:50 hours	11:44 hours
Apr	12:01 hours	11:57 hours	11:57 hours	12:01 hours	11:57 hours	11:52 hours
May	12:11 hours	12:07 hours	12:07 hours	12:12 hours	12:07 hours	12:02 hours
Jun	12:22 hours	12:17 hours	12:17 hours	12:23 hours	12:17 hours	12:13 hours
Jul	12:24 hours	12:19 hours	12:19 hours	12:25 hours	12:19 hours	12:14 hours
Aug	12:10 hours	12:05 hours	12:05 hours	12:10 hours	12:05 hours	12:01 hours
Sep	11:44 hours	11:41 hours	11:41 hours	11:44 hours	11:41 hours	11:37 hours
Oct	11:19 hours	11:17 hours	11:16 hours	11:19 hours	11:17 hours	11:11 hours
Nov	11:04 hours	11:03 hours	11:02 hours	11:04 hours	11:03 hours	10:58 hours
Dec	10:58 hours	11:02 hours	11:02 hours	10:57 hours	11:02 hours	11:02 hours
Average	11:36 hours	11:42 hours	11:42 hours	11:42 hours	11:42 hours	11:42 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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