Climate Grand Sirenis Punta Cana Heliport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Punta Cana International Airport (MDPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.4	85	87	87	90	80
February	87.6	81	89	82	86	88
March	87.6	88	91	89	85	84
April	90.7		92	84	87	90
May	90.1		91	83	88	90
June	93.1		93	94	87	90
July	89.2		90	78	86	90
August	92.1		86	92	90	91
September	91.3		89	88	93	94
October	90.6		88	92	91	88
November	88.6		84	87	96	79
December	89.2		82	94	86	89
Average	89.4	84.6	88.5	87.2	88.7	87.7

3rd best VFR conditions of Dominican Republic

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.7	100	99	100	100	100
February	99.2	99	99	97	100	100
March	99.3	98	100	100	100	100
April	99.7		98	100	100	100
May	99.4		99	99	100	100
June	99.6		100	99	100	99
July	99.2		98	98	100	100
August	99.2		98	100	98	100
September	99.0		98	99	100	100
October	98.8		96	99	100	99
November	99.4		99	99	99	99
December	99.6		100	100	99	99
Average	99.3	98.9	98.6	99.0	99.5	99.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	28.1	30	28	28	28	28
February	28.1	29	28	28	29	28
March	28.4	29	29	29	28	28
April	28.7		29	29	28	30
May	29.6		31	29	30	31
June	30.3		31	31	30	31
July	31.1		32	31	31	33
August	31.0		32	32	31	31
September	31.0		32	31	31	32
October	30.3		32	30	31	31
November	29.4		30	29	30	29
December	28.7		29	28	29	29
Average	29.5	29.1	30.1	29.5	29.6	29.8

9th highest temperature of Dominican Republic

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.4	23	19	22	23	23
February	22.2	22	22	23	24	22
March	21.5	22	21	23	21	23
April	22.4		23	22	23	23
May	23.4		23	24	22	25
June	24.5		27	26	24	23
July	24.9		27	25	25	24
August	24.1		25	22	23	25
September	23.8		26	23	23	24
October	22.9		24	23	24	23
November	22.4		23	24	24	24
December	22.3		23	21	23	22
Average	22.9	22.3	23.4	23.1	23.0	23.3

7th lowest temperature of Dominican Republic

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.4	5	3	2	2	5
February	4.1	4	2	5	2	5
March	3.1	1	2	1	1	5
April	2.5		2	6	3	1
May	1.4		1	3	0	1
June	0.7		0	0	1	1
July	2.4		2	4	2	3
August	1.2		2	1	1	0
September	3.1		1	5	1	1
October	2.9		2	5	2	2
November	3.7		3	4	3	7
December	2.2		4	3	1	1
Average	2.6	3.3	1.8	3.2	1.5	2.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.5	10	10	9	9	10
February	10.7	9	11	11	12	11
March	9.8	9	10	12	11	10
April	9.7		9	10	9	10
May	9.5		9	10	10	10
June	9.4		10	9	11	10
July	10.5		10	11	11	11
August	9.8		10	10	10	10
September	8.4		8	9	8	8
October	7.6		7	8	8	9
November	8.1		9	9	9	8
December	9.3		9	8	11	8
Average	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.6	9.8	9.5

9th highest wind speed of Dominican Republic

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	078°	056°	100°	087°	080°
February	079°	052°	081°	095°	091°
March	079°	075°	092°	089°	075°
April		096°	098°	099°	115°
May		134°	101°	098°	133°
June		118°	099°	092°	098°
July		078°	078°	091°	097°
August		094°	081°	086°	091°
September		091°	100°	097°	103°
October		107°	097°	113°	101°
November		089°	071°	091°	097°
December		067°	034°	084°	083°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.