Climate and average weather in Dajabón

In Dajabón, the weather is muggy, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around May.

Best: late November to early April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Dajabón typically varies from 18°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 36°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Dajabón for warm-weather activities is from late November to early April.

Hottest
Jul
34°
Coldest
Jan
18°
Wettest
May
128 mm
Driest
Feb
24 mm
Rain / yr
809 mm
139 wet days
Daylight
10.8–13.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
38 m
19.5°N
Clearest
Feb
31% cloud

Dajabón weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late November to early April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Dajabón, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Dajabón stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is July, with an average high of 34°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 18°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2918
Feb3019
Mar3019
Apr3021
May3122
Jun3222
Jul3423
Aug3423
Sep3323
Oct3122
Nov3021
Dec2919

How hot and cold Dajabón really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Dajabón feels like about 38°C (around August 3). About 223 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan30291818
Feb30301819
Mar31301919
Apr32302121
May34312222
Jun36322222
Jul37342323
Aug38342323
Sep37332323
Oct35312222
Nov32302021
Dec31291919

Average hourly temperature in Dajabón

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 18°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Dajabón weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 18°324.8116.6
Feb30° / 19°245.111.36.2
Mar30° / 19°437.511.95.7
Apr30° / 21°7010.612.44.9
May31° / 22°12817.712.93.8
Jun32° / 22°7714.913.23.3
Jul34° / 23°5011.213.13.1
Aug34° / 23°7414.812.72.8
Sep33° / 23°10218.812.13.0
Oct31° / 22°1201811.53.6
Nov30° / 21°6110.811.15.1
Dec29° / 19°274.910.86.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Dajabón gets about 809 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.3 months, from around Apr 19 to Jun 28, peaking in May at about 65% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 27.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 128 mm over about 18 wet days; February is the driest, with 24 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 27 · 65%Jan 27 · 15%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan165
Feb185
Mar248
Apr3611
May5618
Jun5015
Jul3711
Aug4815
Sep6219
Oct5818
Nov3511
Dec175

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Dajabón collects about 809 mm of rain across 139 wet days — roughly 67 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 128 mm, while February is the driest at just 24 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec322443701287750741021206127
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan325
Feb245
Mar438
Apr7011
May12818
Jun7715
Jul5011
Aug7415
Sep10219
Oct12018
Nov6111
Dec275

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Dajabón, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 21 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around May 5. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 6 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around November 20. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 51% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 23 · 86%May 29 · 37%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8218
Feb8515
Mar8317
Apr7723
May5149
Jun4951
Jul6238
Aug5842
Sep5248
Oct5644
Nov6634
Dec7921

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 13 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.07:286:24
Feb11.37:216:42
Mar11.97:016:52
Apr12.46:347:00
May12.96:157:11
Jun13.26:127:22
Jul13.16:207:25
Aug12.76:317:11
Sep12.16:386:44
Oct11.56:456:18
Nov11.17:006:04
Dec10.87:186:08

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Dajabón averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.2 months, from around Nov 20 to Apr 27. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 9 sunny days — about 59% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 1822 daysMay 285 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan21Bright
Feb20Bright
Mar20Bright
Apr15Bright
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul13Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep8Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov14Mixed
Dec20Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Dajabón is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 96% of the time. Even in March, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 7% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 2 · 11%May 5 · 0%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan16395220
Feb08414920
Mar07315570
Apr021658240
May00436601
Jun00026713
Jul00144531
Aug00134632
Sep00017812
Oct00021781
Nov00652420
Dec032463100

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Dajabón is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.4 months, from around Nov 17 to Apr 29. The windiest month is March, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 30 to Jul 1, with June the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 8 · 9 km/hJun 2 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar9calm
Apr8calm
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul8calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec8calm

Hazard calendar for Dajabón

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Dajabón sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Dajabón

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Dajabón throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late March, Dajabón is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Dajabón for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to early April, with a peak score in the third week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 16 · 6.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.5good
Feb6.2good
Mar5.7good
Apr4.9fair
May3.8fair
Jun3.3poor
Jul3.1poor
Aug2.8poor
Sep3.0poor
Oct3.7fair
Nov5.1fair
Dec6.3good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Dajabón for hot-weather activities is from mid November to mid April, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 26 · 8.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Dajabón, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Dajabón packs about the same all year — highs hold near 34°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Dajabón sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Dajabón

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 37 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May27Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in Dajabón by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dajabón peaks around March 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMar 22UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Dajabón

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan63.5
Feb75
Mar7.56
Apr86
May86
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov63
Dec5.52

Air quality in Dajabón by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Dajabón is worst in June — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (February, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2031 µg/m³Feb 2218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Dajabón is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Dajabón banks about 5,817 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan423
Feb391
Mar453
Apr465
May506
Jun518
Jul562
Aug570
Sep525
Oct511
Nov454
Dec438

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Dajabón receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Mar 3 to Sep 25. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 35% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 46.9 kWhDec 214.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.7Bright
Feb5.3Bright
Mar5.9Bright
Apr6.4Intense
May6.3Intense
Jun6.7Intense
Jul6.8Intense
Aug6.5Intense
Sep6.0Bright
Oct5.3Bright
Nov4.5Bright
Dec4.4Bright

Where is Dajabón?

Dajabón sits at 19.5°N, 71.7°W, 38 m above sea level, in Dominican Republic. The nearest listed city is Terrier Rouge, 28 km away.

Terrier RougeSan Fernando de Monte CristiSan Ignacio de SabanetaSaint-RaphaëlHincheCap-HaïtienMao

Topography around Dajabón

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dajabón.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dajabón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,783 m.

The land around Dajabón is covered by grassland (46%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), trees (27%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
795 m
80 km
2,783 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
Nearby: Terrier Rouge 28 km · San Fernando de Monte Cristi 34 km · San Ignacio de Sabaneta 39 km · Saint-Raphaël 53 km · Hinche 55 km · Cap-Haïtien 56 km · Mao 66 km · Saint-Michel de l'Atalaye 69 km

Dominican Republic travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 39% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$11,059
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
45%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
10.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
64.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 503

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dajabón (19.5481°, -71.7082°, elevation 38 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).