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Satellite view of Playa Boca Chica; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa Boca Chica

Dominican RepublicNacional · Dominican Republic · Caribbean Sea

18.4467, -69.6085 · Boca Chica, 1 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 32°High · August
  • 8.6 hSunshine · March
The dot marks Playa Boca Chica. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Boca Chica in October

  • 31°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.2 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month61 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.8 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March22 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h31 mm
  2. Feb27°8 h24 mm
  3. Mar27°9 h22 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h41 mm
  5. May28°8 h72 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h48 mm
  7. Jul28°8 h58 mm
  8. Aug29°8 h64 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h67 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h61 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h73 mm
  12. Dec27°8 h43 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 27°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°29°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 22°)Feb: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 21°)Mar: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)Apr: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 23°)May: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)Jun: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 25°)Jul: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)Aug: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)Sep: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)Oct: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 25°)Nov: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Dec: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 31 mmFeb: 24 mmMar: 22 mm22Apr: 41 mmMay: 72 mmJun: 48 mmJul: 58 mmAug: 64 mmSep: 67 mmOct: 61 mmNov: 73 mm73Dec: 43 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.7 hFeb: 8.5 hMar: 8.6 h8.6Apr: 8.5 hMay: 7.9 hJun: 7.9 hJul: 8.1 hAug: 7.6 hSep: 7.6 hOct: 7.2 h7.2Nov: 7.4 hDec: 7.6 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa Boca Chica: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Boca Chica: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2922273187.716
February3021272468.516
March3022272258.616
April3123274188.515
May31242872107.915
June3125284887.915
July32252858118.116
August32252964127.615
Septemberwarmest sea32252967127.613
October31252961127.213
November30232873137.414
December3022274397.616

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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