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Last and first frost dates in Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Santo Domingo

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Santo Domingo

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)21 km——
San Pedro de Macorís65 km——
San Francisco de Macorís96 km——
La Romana102 km——
La Vega103 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Santo Domingo

Within 15 km of Santo Domingo OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Mila Plantas RD Vivero Organico, 6 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Santo Domingo by month

Average weather in Santo Domingo over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28.2–30.9 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: June–October (30–30.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 20.3 °C. About 1368 mm of rain falls in a year, on 236 days; August is the wettest month (170 mm) and January the driest (41 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January28.220.34112
February28.620.34714
March2920.57516
April29.121.312920
May29.322.314224
June30.223.112123
July30.823.413024
August30.923.617025
September30.723.315223
October3022.816422
November292213019
December28.521.16714

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).