What is the best time to travel to Punta Cana?

Punta Cana, In the Dominican Republic, is one of the closest paradises for Spanish travelers looking for sun and beach in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, just 8 hours by plane.

The ease of sharing the language, having similar customs, a common history and direct flights from Madrid from companies such as Air Europa, has converted to Punta Cana in a highly sought-after destination for years.

There are many questions that you ask us before traveling and booking your vacation, but one of the most common is what is the best time of year to travel to….

Knowing that you are interested in this information, in our recent trip to Punta Cana, where we stayed in the TRS Turquesa Hotel of the Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts, we collect as much information as possible from the locals to be able to answer this question and thus help you.

Below you have the answer with the corresponding nuances, for when we can travel normally once the global pandemic is over.

What is the best time to travel to Punta Cana and the Dominican Republic?

The majority of tourists who come to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, especially the Spanish, do it in the summer months, mainly from June to mid-September.

We are one of the countries that, compared to other countries in the world, concentrates the largest number of vacation days in the summer months.

There are times when vacations are taken when you can and not when you want!!

Depending on the type of work, you may have to travel during these months, and even more so if you do it with children to coincide with school holidays.

Travel in summer to Punta Cana

In summer is when you will find the most heat and humidity in Punta Cana, obviously a good date to travel to said Caribbean destination.

But against it you have that prices are higher than in other months, since demand increases both in hotels and flights, and you still have the risk of a hurricane.

On the other hand, there is another type of tourism from Spain, which is that of university students who come to Punta Cana to celebrate the end of career, who usually travel in the month of March, before tackling the last exams.

This would be a good time in which prices are lower.

But in reality, when we talk about travel to the Caribbean, and in particular, Dominican Republic, it is important to clarify that any time is good, since the temperature is quite constant and hardly varies.

It always fluctuates between 28 and 30 degrees in summer, while in winter the minimum temperatures can drop to 20 degrees at most, but the average temperature is 24 or 25 degrees.

Come on, a true paradise to go to at any time.

When is hurricane season in the Caribbean?

When we think travel to the Caribbean, the first thing that comes to mind is to try not to do it in hurricane season, and that is why we often look for information, to try to make it not coincide.

You have to know that hurricanes form when it is very hot and coincides with certain humidity conditions, so in this case, having more or less constant temperatures, the truth is that they can form at any time of the year.

And another very important thing, the hurricane season does not coincide with the low season; In fact, most of this season coincides with the months of maximum tourist demand.

Although it is true that official hurricane season in the Caribbean, and when they are most likely to occur, it goes from the beginning of June to the end of November, which is when sea temperatures are highest.

Of course, the Dominicans themselves told us that it is very unusual for hurricanes that have formed in other places in the Caribbean to reach the island.

In fact, our trip to Punta Cana was in mid-September and coincided with the arrival of a hurricane on the coast of the United States, and despite having some cloudy and windy days, the temperature was perfect.

In any case, regardless of the date you travel, you can always have Tropical storms, which form quickly, discharge water with great force, as if the sky were falling for 5 or 10 minutes, and shortly after the sun rises again.

On our last trip we had them every day.

What are the low season months in Punta Cana?

When we talk about low season, actually what we are looking for are the best prices to travel to Punta Cana, both in the flights from Spaina, as in the hotels.

As in many parts of the world, the more expensive prices To travel they usually coincide with the months of June, July, August and from December 20 to January 6.

There is another price range in which the rates are intermediate, which is the season of eastern, May and September.

Time with cheaper prices to travel to Punta Cana

Usually the cheapest prices You will always find them in the months after and before the high seasons.

In this case, the best dates to travel to Punta Cana, and which also do not coincide with hurricane season, are from October to early December y in the months of February and March.

Personally, I think that if you can avoid summer, it is a perfect destination for when it is cold in Spain, and therefore it is worth looking for the months between October and December, or between January and March.

Leaving countries with very cold temperatures and landing at 26 degrees is a true delight that creates addiction.