Puerto Plata is typically warm in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +82°F to +81°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +73°F to +72°F.

It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.

Take a look at how December is compared to other months in Puerto Plata:

Water in Puerto Plata in December is Warm. It varies from +80°F to +83°F, with an average of +81°F. Note that the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, averaging around +81°F.

In December, water temperatures are average relative to the rest of the year:

December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +82°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +81°F. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 83 mm to 64 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 83%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 2 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 2 to 5.

But maybe it is worth considering traveling in January as the weather gets better.

The climate in Puerto Plata in December has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1984 (+81°F) and the highest in 2013 (+87°F). The driest year was 1991 with only 460 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2017 with 1044 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Puerto Plata, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.