Punta Cana weather in August
August is the month with the highest average high (tied with September) in Punta Cana. At the airport station the average high is 32.2 °C (90 °F) and the average low 24.3 °C (76 °F), over 2010 to 2024, and the WMO 1991-2020 normal gives 107 mm of rain for the month. August is inside the Atlantic hurricane season and before its peak, which the NOAA National Hurricane Center places around September 10.
Punta Cana in August, day by day
Each square is a day in August, 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 (11 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 August
In August the average high barely moves from start to finish: 32.2 °C (90 °F) over the first five days and 32.2 °C (90 °F) over the last five. The lows do not move either, from 24.3 °C (76 °F) to 24.2 °C (76 °F). The warmest day in the daily averages is the 15th, mid-month, at 32.6 °C (91 °F). The coolest tie at 31.9 °C (89 °F): the 23rd, 24th and 25th.
August splits its days between two colors: 3 days between 31 and 32 °C and 28 days of 32 °C or more.
Against the other eleven months, August sits in the warm half and the wet half of the year: it is the warmest (tied with September) and the 5th wettest. Compared with July, August has an average high 0.2 °C higher and 22 mm more rain. September barely moves the average high, and rainfall goes up 28 mm.
The 2010-2024 average high sits 0.2 °C above the station's WMO 1991-2020 normal of 32.0 °C (90 °F). They cover different periods and methods, so the gap does not measure a trend on its own. With 107 mm, August accounts for 9.2% 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 August
Official 2026 calendar from the Ministry of Labor, which applies the Monday moves of Law 139-97:
- August 16: Restoration Day.
Source: Dominican Republic Ministry of Labor, 2026 public holidays · checked on 2026-10-05
Other months in Punta Cana
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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