Climate Cabo Rojo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Isabela International Airport (MDJB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.8	86	84	88	85	82
February	77.8	85	91	75	82	75
March	79.4	87	95	70	77	73
April	75.6		83	70	79	77
May	72.4		80	77	76	66
June	78.5		82	92	61	75
July	76.7		83	74	73	78
August	76.4		72	79	76	80
September	80.0		88	77	90	82
October	79.8		93	69	78	78
November	80.5		83	79	90	74
December	85.6		84	90	86	85
Average	79.3	85.8	84.7	78.1	78.9	77.1

8th 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	99.5	100	99	100	100	99
February	99.4	100	100	98	99	100
March	99.4	99	100	98	99	100
April	99.4		100	98	99	100
May	98.8		98	100	98	97
June	98.4		100	99	97	95
July	98.4		99	95	97	99
August	98.6		99	98	95	99
September	98.8		100	98	98	100
October	98.9		100	99	98	97
November	99.6		100	99	100	99
December	99.3		100	100	98	98
Average	99.1	99.4	99.5	98.5	98.0	98.5

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	29.9	31	30	31	30	30
February	30.1	31	30	30	31	31
March	30.6	32	32	30	31	30
April	31.0		32	30	31	33
May	31.6		32	31	32	33
June	32.4		33	33	31	34
July	32.4		33	32	32	34
August	32.7		33	33	33	33
September	32.7		33	32	34	33
October	32.1		34	31	32	32
November	31.1		32	31	32	30
December	30.3		30	29	31	30
Average	31.4	31.0	31.9	31.1	31.5	31.8

3rd 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	20.1	21	18	19	20	21
February	20.2	19	19	18	22	22
March	20.8	22	20	19	22	22
April	22.1		21	19	22	24
May	23.4		22	22	24	25
June	24.5		24	23	24	26
July	24.3		24	23	24	25
August	23.3		21	21	24	25
September	23.6		24	23	22	25
October	22.5		20	21	24	24
November	21.5		22	20	20	23
December	20.6		20	19	21	20
Average	22.0	20.8	21.2	20.5	22.3	23.6

4th 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	3.8	1	1	1	4	3
February	4.6	2	3	4	5	6
March	3.9	2	0	8	7	4
April	3.1		0	5	5	2
May	4.0		1	4	4	2
June	1.7		2	1	3	1
July	2.9		1	4	3	4
August	3.7		5	1	5	2
September	3.0		0	3	0	2
October	2.7		0	5	3	5
November	4.6		2	3	2	12
December	3.3		3	0	3	2
Average	3.3	1.4	1.4	3.1	3.6	3.7

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	5.9	6	6	6	6	7
February	6.9	7	7	7	7	7
March	7.0	7	7	6	7	8
April	6.2		6	5	7	6
May	6.1		6	6	6	7
June	6.3		7	6	5	7
July	5.9		5	5	6	7
August	5.7		6	5	6	7
September	5.7		5	6	6	5
October	4.9		6	4	4	5
November	5.0		5	5	5	5
December	5.8		6	6	6	5
Average	6.0	6.4	6.0	5.4	5.8	6.3

3rd 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	074°	031°	124°	035°	030°
February	110°	033°	030°	102°	086°
March	113°	138°	079°	064°	019°
April		160°	102°	108°	144°
May		172°	162°	132°	167°
June		167°	155°	102°	156°
July		081°	051°	083°	088°
August		095°	059°	054°	055°
September		134°	065°	122°	103°
October		143°	100°	129°	099°
November		095°	053°	053°	030°
December		028°	015°	020°	012°

Prevailing wind direction

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