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Satellite view of Playa de Macao; 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 de Macao

Dominican RepublicLa Altagracia Province · Dominican Republic · Caribbean Sea

18.7760, -68.5299 · Otra Banda, 20 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · September
  • 9.3 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Playa de Macao. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de Macao in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.9 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month97 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 5Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Playa de Macao ↗
  • 29 kmAirport: Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)In a straight line; by road it is further

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 29.4 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.1 °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 sunshineApril and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March34 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°8 h51 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h34 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h34 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h67 mm
  5. May27°9 h115 mm
  6. Jun28°9 h74 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h90 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h106 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h111 mm
  10. Oct29°8 h97 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h107 mm
  12. Dec27°8 h64 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
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 51 mmFeb: 34 mmMar: 34 mm34Apr: 67 mmMay: 115 mm115Jun: 74 mmJul: 90 mmAug: 106 mmSep: 111 mmOct: 97 mmNov: 107 mmDec: 64 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.8 hFeb: 8.7 hMar: 9.1 hApr: 9.3 h9.3May: 8.6 hJun: 9.0 hJul: 9.2 hAug: 9.0 hSep: 8.5 hOct: 7.9 hNov: 7.2 h7.2Dec: 7.7 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa de Macao: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2724265197.820
February2724263468.721
March2724263469.120
April2824276789.320
May282527115118.618
June29262874109.018
July29272890119.221
August292729106119.019
Septemberwarmest sea292729111118.516
October29262997127.916
November282628107137.218
December2725276487.720

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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 POWER34 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.134 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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