Jarabacoa weather in December

In December, Jarabacoa sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 55 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Jarabacoa's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jarabacoa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:13 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Jarabacoa is settlement in the La Vega Province, Dominican Repuclic.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical December day in Jarabacoa reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
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15	22	14
16	21	14
17	21	14
18	21	14
19	21	14
20	21	14
21	21	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

Jarabacoa weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 13°	55	12.5	11	6.3
Feb	21° / 13°	55	11.1	11.4	6.4
Mar	22° / 14°	110	15	11.9	6.0
Apr	23° / 15°	172	19.8	12.4	5.2
May	23° / 16°	282	24.9	12.9	4.5
Jun	24° / 17°	176	22.4	13.1	4.8
Jul	24° / 17°	116	22.3	13	5.1
Aug	24° / 17°	159	23.4	12.6	4.8
Sep	24° / 17°	199	23.9	12.1	4.7
Oct	24° / 16°	159	21.7	11.6	5.0
Nov	22° / 15°	102	16.8	11.1	5.6
Dec	21° / 14°	55	11.6	10.9	6.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	60	62	63	64	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	63	62	61	61	62	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66
Cloudier (%)	40	38	37	36	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	37	38	39	39	38	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Jarabacoa gets around 55 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	40	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40
31	40

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the comfortable band about 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Comfortable (%)	50	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	66	67	68	68	68
Humid (%)	43	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	50	43
2	7	52	41
3	8	52	40
4	8	53	39
5	8	54	38
6	8	55	37
7	9	55	36
8	9	56	35
9	9	56	35
10	9	57	34
11	9	58	33
12	9	58	33
13	9	59	32
14	9	59	32
15	9	60	31
16	9	61	30
17	10	60	30
18	10	61	29
19	10	61	29
20	10	62	28
21	10	62	28
22	10	63	27
23	10	64	26
24	10	64	26
25	10	65	25
26	10	66	24
27	10	66	24
28	10	67	23
29	10	68	22
30	11	68	21
31	11	68	21

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:04	6:00
2	10.9	7:05	6:00
3	10.9	7:06	6:01
4	10.9	7:06	6:01
5	10.9	7:07	6:01
6	10.9	7:07	6:01
7	10.9	7:08	6:01
8	10.9	7:09	6:02
9	10.9	7:09	6:02
10	10.9	7:10	6:02
11	10.9	7:10	6:03
12	10.9	7:11	6:03
13	10.9	7:11	6:03
14	10.9	7:12	6:04
15	10.9	7:13	6:04
16	10.9	7:13	6:04
17	10.9	7:14	6:05
18	10.9	7:14	6:05
19	10.8	7:15	6:06
20	10.8	7:15	6:06
21	10.8	7:16	6:06
22	10.8	7:16	6:07
23	10.8	7:17	6:07
24	10.8	7:17	6:08
25	10.8	7:17	6:08
26	10.9	7:18	6:09
27	10.9	7:18	6:09
28	10.9	7:19	6:10
29	10.9	7:19	6:10
30	10.9	7:19	6:11
31	10.9	7:20	6:12

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.1 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 4.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
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15	4.1	Bright
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17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Jarabacoa?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Jarabacoa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jarabacoa in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Jarabacoa sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Jarabacoa in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jarabacoa peaks around March 22 at about 13 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	10	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Jarabacoa in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jarabacoa is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (February, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	17	18	18	23	31	29	26	25	26	21	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Jarabacoa?

Jarabacoa sits at 19.1°N, 70.6°W, 552 m above sea level, in Dominican Republic. The nearest listed city is La Vega, 16 km away.

Topography around Jarabacoa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jarabacoa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 436 m around an average of 569 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,674 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,072 m.

The land around Jarabacoa is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

436 m

trees 61%

16 km

1,674 m

trees 81%

80 km

3,072 m

trees 72%

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← November Jarabacoa year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: La Vega 16 km · Constanza 26 km · Bonao 31 km · Moca 33 km · Salcedo 37 km · Santiago de los Caballeros 38 km · Tamboril 41 km · San Francisco de Macorís 45 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 Jarabacoa (19.1168°, -70.6359°, elevation 552 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	21	14
17	21	14
18	21	14
19	21	14
20	21	14
21	21	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	50	43
2	7	52	41
3	8	52	40
4	8	53	39
5	8	54	38
6	8	55	37
7	9	55	36
8	9	56	35
9	9	56	35
10	9	57	34
11	9	58	33
12	9	58	33
13	9	59	32
14	9	59	32
15	9	60	31
16	9	61	30
17	10	60	30
18	10	61	29
19	10	61	29
20	10	62	28
21	10	62	28
22	10	63	27
23	10	64	26
24	10	64	26
25	10	65	25
26	10	66	24
27	10	66	24
28	10	67	23
29	10	68	22
30	11	68	21
31	11	68	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	21	14
17	21	14
18	21	14
19	21	14
20	21	14
21	21	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	50	43
2	7	52	41
3	8	52	40
4	8	53	39
5	8	54	38
6	8	55	37
7	9	55	36
8	9	56	35
9	9	56	35
10	9	57	34
11	9	58	33
12	9	58	33
13	9	59	32
14	9	59	32
15	9	60	31
16	9	61	30
17	10	60	30
18	10	61	29
19	10	61	29
20	10	62	28
21	10	62	28
22	10	63	27
23	10	64	26
24	10	64	26
25	10	65	25
26	10	66	24
27	10	66	24
28	10	67	23
29	10	68	22
30	11	68	21
31	11	68	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	21	14
17	21	14
18	21	14
19	21	14
20	21	14
21	21	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14
31	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	38
4	38
5	37
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	39
23	39
24	39
25	39
26	39
27	39
28	39
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	50	43
2	7	52	41
3	8	52	40
4	8	53	39
5	8	54	38
6	8	55	37
7	9	55	36
8	9	56	35
9	9	56	35
10	9	57	34
11	9	58	33
12	9	58	33
13	9	59	32
14	9	59	32
15	9	60	31
16	9	61	30
17	10	60	30
18	10	61	29
19	10	61	29
20	10	62	28
21	10	62	28
22	10	63	27
23	10	64	26
24	10	64	26
25	10	65	25
26	10	66	24
27	10	66	24
28	10	67	23
29	10	68	22
30	11	68	21
31	11	68	21