climigo

Dominica

When to go?

No ideal month: the best month is February, the least rainy with the right temperature. Nothing against January either. Avoid March–December (hot, at times often rainy).

Climate zones

RoseauRoseauRoseauPortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouthMarigotMarigotMarigotScotts HeadScotts HeadScotts HeadHampsteadHampsteadHampstead

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 26°23°
February 26°23°
March 26°23°
April 27°24°
May 28°25°
June 28°25°
July 28°25°
August 28°25°
September 28°25°
October 28°25°
November 27°24°
December 26°24°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec23.0 · 25.8 °CJanuary: 23.0 · 25.8 °C22.7 · 25.8 °CFebruary: 22.7 · 25.8 °C22.9 · 26.2 °CMarch: 22.9 · 26.2 °C23.6 · 26.9 °CApril: 23.6 · 26.9 °C24.5 · 27.7 °CMay: 24.5 · 27.7 °C25.0 · 28.0 °CJune: 25.0 · 28.0 °C25.0 · 28.1 °CJuly: 25.0 · 28.1 °C25.2 · 28.3 °CAugust: 25.2 · 28.3 °C25.2 · 28.4 °CSeptember: 25.2 · 28.4 °C24.8 · 27.9 °COctober: 24.8 · 27.9 °C24.2 · 27.1 °CNovember: 24.2 · 27.1 °C23.5 · 26.4 °CDecember: 23.5 · 26.4 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 23.0 – 25.8 °C
Feb 22.7 – 25.8 °C
Mar 22.9 – 26.2 °C
Apr 23.6 – 26.9 °C
May 24.5 – 27.7 °C
Jun 25.0 – 28.0 °C
Jul 25.0 – 28.1 °C
Aug 25.2 – 28.3 °C
Sep 25.2 – 28.4 °C
Oct 24.8 – 27.9 °C
Nov 24.2 – 27.1 °C
Dec 23.5 – 26.4 °C

How much it rains

January 83 mm18 d
February 59 mm15 d
March 57 mm14 d
April 79 mm14 d
May 94 mm15 d
June 107 mm18 d
July 145 mm22 d
August 163 mm23 d
September 166 mm20 d
October 210 mm23 d
November 187 mm22 d
December 111 mm20 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec83 mm · 18 rain days · 5 mm a dayJanuary: 83 mm · 18 rain days · 5 mm a day59 mm · 15 rain days · 4 mm a dayFebruary: 59 mm · 15 rain days · 4 mm a day57 mm · 14 rain days · 4 mm a dayMarch: 57 mm · 14 rain days · 4 mm a day79 mm · 14 rain days · 6 mm a dayApril: 79 mm · 14 rain days · 6 mm a day94 mm · 15 rain days · 6 mm a dayMay: 94 mm · 15 rain days · 6 mm a day107 mm · 18 rain days · 6 mm a dayJune: 107 mm · 18 rain days · 6 mm a day145 mm · 22 rain days · 7 mm a dayJuly: 145 mm · 22 rain days · 7 mm a day163 mm · 23 rain days · 7 mm a dayAugust: 163 mm · 23 rain days · 7 mm a day166 mm · 20 rain days · 8 mm a daySeptember: 166 mm · 20 rain days · 8 mm a day210 mm · 23 rain days · 9 mm a dayOctober: 210 mm · 23 rain days · 9 mm a day187 mm · 22 rain days · 9 mm a dayNovember: 187 mm · 22 rain days · 9 mm a day111 mm · 20 rain days · 6 mm a dayDecember: 111 mm · 20 rain days · 6 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 83 mm18 d
Feb 59 mm15 d
Mar 57 mm14 d
Apr 79 mm14 d
May 94 mm15 d
Jun 107 mm18 d
Jul 145 mm22 d
Aug 163 mm23 d
Sep 166 mm20 d
Oct 210 mm23 d
Nov 187 mm22 d
Dec 111 mm20 d

Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day

Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm

Daylight hours

January 11 h 19
February 11 h 39
March 12 h 02
April 12 h 28
May 12 h 50
June 13 h 01
July 12 h 57
August 12 h 38
September 12 h 13
October 11 h 49
November 11 h 26
December 11 h 14

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Cities