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Satellite view of Playa El Caletón; 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 El Caletón

Dominican RepublicLa Romana · Dominican Republic · Caribbean Sea

18.4094, -68.9449 · La Romana, 3 km

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

Your month at the beach

Playa El Caletón in October

  • 31°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.2 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month62 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 10Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 6 kmAirport: Casa De Campo International Airport (LRM)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.7 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.9 °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 March25 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h38 mm
  2. Feb26°8 h27 mm
  3. Mar27°8 h25 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h46 mm
  5. May28°8 h67 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h46 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h49 mm
  8. Aug29°8 h59 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h65 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h62 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h78 mm
  12. Dec27°7 h47 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: 26°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°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
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 22°)Feb: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)Mar: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)Apr: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)May: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)Jun: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 25°)Jul: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 26°)Aug: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 26°)Sep: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 26°)Oct: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 25°)Nov: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Dec: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)29°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 38 mmFeb: 27 mmMar: 25 mm25Apr: 46 mmMay: 67 mmJun: 46 mmJul: 49 mmAug: 59 mmSep: 65 mmOct: 62 mmNov: 78 mm78Dec: 47 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.5 hFeb: 8.2 hMar: 8.4 hApr: 8.6 h8.6May: 8.0 hJun: 8.2 hJul: 8.6 h8.6Aug: 8.3 hSep: 7.7 hOct: 7.2 hNov: 7.0 h7.0Dec: 7.3 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa El Caletón: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2922273897.519
February3022262768.220
March3022272568.419
April3124274688.619
May31242867118.018
June31252846108.217
July31262849118.619
August32262959118.318
Septemberwarmest sea32262965117.715
October31252962127.215
November30242878137.017
December2923274787.319

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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 POWER23 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.123 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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