Punta Cana weather in December
In Punta Cana, December has an average high of 29.7 °C (85 °F) and an average low of 21.8 °C (71 °F) at the airport station, over 2010 to 2024. With 91 mm according to the WMO 1991-2020 normal, it is the 6th driest of the twelve months. December is the first month outside the Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on November 30 according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center.
Punta Cana in December, day by day
Each square is a day in December, 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 10 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 December
Temperatures drop through December: the average high moves from 30.1 °C (86 °F) over the first five days to 29.4 °C (85 °F) over the last five. The lows go the same way, from 21.9 °C (71 °F) to 21.5 °C (71 °F). In the daily averages, the warmest days tie at 30.2 °C (86 °F): the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th. The coolest is the 29th, late in the month, at 29.2 °C (85 °F).
December splits its days between two colors: 24 days between 29 and 30 °C and 7 days between 30 and 31 °C. It is the first to drop below 30 °C. Against the previous month, it is the biggest fall in rain of the year.
Against the other eleven months, December sits in the cool half and the dry half of the year: it is the 4th coolest and the 6th driest. Compared with November, December has an average high 0.9 °C lower and 40 mm less rain. In January the temperature keeps falling (0.6 °C) and rainfall goes down 6 mm.
The 2010-2024 average high sits 0.3 °C above the station's WMO 1991-2020 normal of 29.4 °C (85 °F). They cover different periods and methods, so the gap does not measure a trend on its own. With 91 mm, December accounts for 7.9% 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 December
Official 2026 calendar from the Ministry of Labor, which applies the Monday moves of Law 139-97:
- December 25: Christmas Day.
Source: Dominican Republic Ministry of Labor, 2026 public holidays · checked on 2026-10-05
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Bus trips from Punta Cana
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