One of the most important things before travel to Dominican Republic is knowing when to come, let me tell you that in our sunny country temperatures don’t vary that much the average temperature is between 28 and 31 C°, that happens in most places except in the mountains like Jarabacoa and Costanza where temperatures at night could be freezing, however if you want to feel the hot sunset Dominican Republic will not disappoint you cause here in this pretty country we have high humidity levels.
The best time to come to Dominican Republic is just when you want, cause the thing that may vary in here is how expensive could be to stay in here, if you come on heaviest tourist season you need to know that prices are higher, the top season here start in December and finish around March, in march at La Península de Samaná the humpback whales are giving birth in the hot waters of La Bahía de Samaná, personally I think that this is the best season to come cause at the time that you can enjoy our sun and awesome beaches you could see how the carnival really is (Fiestas de Carnaval), our carnival start in the last two weekend of January and continue until March (The best day is February 27th, Dominican Independence Day) throughout the entire country with special emphasis at La Vega and Santo Domingo, Dominican Carnival is maybe one of the oldest traditional festivals in our country.
Another wonderful time to come is during the Holy Week (Semana Santa), which starts before the Easter Sunday, mostly people in Dominican Republic are Catholics so usually they take vacations a during this week to visit families and rest on hotels and resorts. Semana Santa is maybe the week where more people visits beaches like Bayahibe, Juan Dolio and Boca Chica. At this week is hard to make a last minute reservation for hotel rooms, believe that could be a headache.
Semana Santa for Dominican People is like spring break for people in United States, so you need to keep updated with DominicanTrip because many beaches are closed to swimming and some sports activities like scuba diving, jet-skiing, even kayaking are prohibited in Dominican Republic throughout Semana Santa, we will be updating that info for you. Also Semana Santa is great to visit the City of Santo Domingo cause most people leave the city and go to hotels, beaches and to travel, I mean that is the only way to see Santo Domingo without the vast crowd of people that normally has.
Maybe you are tempting to take a flight and meet Dominican Republic at summer, usually the flight prices go cheap on that season, and many people come during July to August, but keep in mind that in summer here are more (extreme) humidity that can make temperatures feel higher, a good way to diminish that is though the sea breezes, you may feel the presence of our unexpected invitees “Mosquitoes”. Be carefully if you try to come in September, this month is called the Hurricanes month but is good to know that the last one that has hit Dominican Republic has Hurricane George in 1998, the good in this month also in August is that are less tourist are looking for fun.
The rainy season in this diverse country is from May to October, in some places like Samaná and North Coast it can last until December, also if you like to see Dominican Republic Baseball League the winter season starts in October and finish in January.
My advice as Dominican Republic Resident is that you can come any time you want here we have a awesome geographical diversity so maybe is raining in Constanza or Jarabacoa but you can just take a bus (”guagua“) or a taxi and go to Punta Cana or Puerto Plata, nothing is so far in here, for me the perfect month to come is November just before the tourist assault arrives or February when tourist leave Dominican Republic. That way you can enjoy more quietly in this beautiful country.
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