Punta Cana weather in April
In Punta Cana, April has an average high of 30.2 °C (86 °F) and an average low of 22.3 °C (72 °F) at the airport station, over 2010 to 2024. With 65 mm according to the WMO 1991-2020 normal, it is the 3rd driest of the twelve months. April falls outside the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30 according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center.
Punta Cana in April, day by day
Each square is a day in April, with its average high and low in °C: high on top, low below. The rows are not weeks. The color follows the high.
under 29 °C (84 °F)29 to 30 °C (84 to 86 °F)30 to 31 °C (86 to 88 °F)31 to 32 °C (88 to 90 °F)32 °C (90 °F) or more
2010-2024 averages at the Punta Cana airport station, not a forecast. Each day has between 8 and 15 years with data (12 median), so a few tenths of a degree between neighboring days are sampling noise.
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily, Punta Cana airport station (DRM00078479) · checked on 2026-10-05
Punta Cana temperature and rainfall in April
April warms up as it goes: the average high moves from 29.9 °C (86 °F) over the first five days to 30.6 °C (87 °F) over the last five. No other month rises as much from start to finish. The lows go the same way, from 21.7 °C (71 °F) to 23.0 °C (73 °F). The coolest day in the daily averages is the 1st, early in the month, at 29.7 °C (85 °F). The warmest is the 30th, late in the month, at 31.0 °C (88 °F).
April mixes 3 calendar colors: 7 days between 29 and 30 °C, 22 days between 30 and 31 °C and one day between 31 and 32 °C. It is the first month of the year with an average high of 30 °C or more. No month gains as much heat over the one before.
Against the other eleven months, April sits in the cool half and the dry half of the year: it is the 5th coolest and the 3rd driest. Compared with March, April has an average high 0.8 °C higher and 15 mm more rain. In May the temperature keeps rising (0.6 °C) and rainfall goes up 64 mm.
The 2010-2024 average high sits 0.4 °C above the station's WMO 1991-2020 normal of 29.8 °C (86 °F). They cover different periods and methods, so the gap does not measure a trend on its own. With 65 mm, April accounts for 5.6% of the year's rain in the WMO normal.
Source: WMO 1991-2020 climate normals (ONAMET stations), published by NOAA NCEI · checked on 2026-10-04
Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center, climatology · checked on 2026-10-04
Dominican Republic public holidays in April
Official 2026 calendar from the Ministry of Labor, which applies the Monday moves of Law 139-97:
- April 3: Good Friday. It is a religious holiday with a changing date.
Source: Dominican Republic Ministry of Labor, 2026 public holidays · checked on 2026-10-05
Other months in Punta Cana
Bus trips from Punta Cana
- Punta Cana → Santo Domingo · 3 h 10 min
- Punta Cana → Las Terrenas · 7 h
- Punta Cana → Puerto Plata · 8 h
- Punta Cana → Samana · 7 h