Punta Cana weather in March
March is the driest month in Punta Cana. At the airport station the average high is 29.4 °C (85 °F) and the average low 21.4 °C (71 °F), over 2010 to 2024, and the WMO 1991-2020 normal gives 50 mm of rain for the month. March falls outside the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30 according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center.
Punta Cana in March, day by day
Each square is a day in March, 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 March
March warms up as it goes: the average high moves from 29.2 °C (85 °F) over the first five days to 29.7 °C (85 °F) over the last five. The lows go the same way, from 21.1 °C (70 °F) to 22.0 °C (72 °F). In the daily averages, the coolest days tie at 28.8 °C (84 °F): the 7th and 8th. The warmest is the 27th, late in the month, at 30.0 °C (86 °F).
March mixes 3 calendar colors: 2 days below 29 °C, 28 days between 29 and 30 °C and one day between 30 and 31 °C.
Against the other eleven months, March sits in the cool half and the dry half of the year: it is the 3rd coolest and the driest. Compared with February, March has an average high 0.2 °C higher and 13 mm less rain. In April the average high rises 0.8 °C and rainfall goes up 15 mm.
The 2010-2024 average high sits 0.4 °C above the station's WMO 1991-2020 normal of 29.0 °C (84 °F). They cover different periods and methods, so the gap does not measure a trend on its own. With 50 mm, March accounts for 4.4% 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 March
The Ministry of Labor's official 2026 calendar has no national public holidays in March.
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
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