Punta Cana Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Punta Cana, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 32°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 25°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 11 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Record high
Record low

May at a glance

Average high: 31°C
Average low: 25°C
Precipitation: 62 mm
Record high: 34°CMay 14, 1998
Record low: 17°CMay 25, 1993
Daylight: 12 h 49 min to 13 h 10 min
Cloud cover: 55%
Humidity: 70%
Dew point: 21°C
Wind: 18.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Record high	Record low	Chance wet
May 1	32°C	25°C	32°C 1999	21°C 2018	26%
May 2	32°C	25°C	32°C 1999	21°C 2009	28%
May 3	32°C	25°C	32°C 1997	20°C 2009	28%
May 4	32°C	25°C	33°C 1997	20°C 2009	30%
May 5	32°C	25°C	33°C 1997	19°C 2006	31%
May 6	32°C	25°C	33°C 2004	19°C 2009	32%
May 7	32°C	25°C	33°C 1997	20°C 1998	33%
May 8	32°C	25°C	33°C 1997	20°C 1996	33%
May 9	32°C	25°C	33°C 1997	20°C 2012	34%
May 10	32°C	25°C	33°C 2024	22°C 2003	35%
May 11	32°C	25°C	34°C 1998	21°C 2014	36%
May 12	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	20°C 2000	37%
May 13	31°C	25°C	33°C 1997	22°C 1993	38%
May 14	31°C	25°C	34°C 1998	21°C 2009	38%
May 15	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	20°C 1994	39%
May 16	31°C	25°C	32°C 2003	21°C 1998	40%
May 17	31°C	25°C	33°C 1994	20°C 1994	38%
May 18	31°C	25°C	33°C 1993	21°C 1997	38%
May 19	31°C	25°C	33°C 2004	21°C 1997	38%
May 20	31°C	25°C	33°C 2004	18°C 1993	38%
May 21	31°C	25°C	33°C 2024	18°C 1993	38%
May 22	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	21°C 2003	37%
May 23	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	19°C 2004	37%
May 24	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	20°C 1996	39%
May 25	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	17°C 1993	39%
May 26	31°C	25°C	33°C 2015	20°C 2016	39%
May 27	31°C	25°C	33°C 2004	20°C 2016	39%
May 28	31°C	25°C	33°C 2004	21°C 2008	38%
May 29	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	21°C 2015	38%
May 30	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	21°C 2015	37%
May 31	31°C	25°C	33°C 1998	21°C 2015	36%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AST).

May 1: sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 7:06 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station DRM00078479, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-28. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.