Punta Cana weather in May
In Punta Cana, May has an average high of 30.8 °C (87 °F) and an average low of 23.4 °C (74 °F) at the airport station, over 2010 to 2024. With 129 mm according to the WMO 1991-2020 normal, it is the 3rd wettest of the twelve months. It is the last month before the Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1 according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center.
Punta Cana in May, day by day
Each square is a day in May, 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 9 and 14 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 May
May warms up as it goes: the average high moves from 30.5 °C (87 °F) over the first five days to 30.9 °C (88 °F) over the last five. The lows hold steady, from 23.0 °C (73 °F) to 23.3 °C (74 °F). The coolest day in the daily averages is the 1st, early in the month, at 30.0 °C (86 °F). The warmest is the 19th, mid-month, at 31.3 °C (88 °F).
May splits its days between two colors: 21 days between 30 and 31 °C and 10 days between 31 and 32 °C. Against the previous month, it is the biggest jump in rain of the year.
Against the other eleven months, May sits in the warm half and the wet half of the year: it is the 6th warmest and the 3rd wettest. Compared with April, May has an average high 0.6 °C higher and 64 mm more rain. In June the temperature keeps rising (0.7 °C) and rainfall goes down 35 mm.
The 2010-2024 average high sits 0.5 °C above the station's WMO 1991-2020 normal of 30.3 °C (87 °F). They cover different periods and methods, so the gap does not measure a trend on its own. With 129 mm, May accounts for 11.2% 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 May
Official 2026 calendar from the Ministry of Labor, which applies the Monday moves of Law 139-97:
- May 1: Labor Day. In 2026 it moves to Monday, May 4.
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