Dominican Republic / La Romana
Bayahibe
Bayahibe is a coastal resort area in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Its longest mapped beach (Playa Bayahibe) stretches about 920 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 29.0 °C in September, its warmest month, and 26.5 °C in February; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 48Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 21Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Grocery shops
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 6Cash machines
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 39 restaurants, 2 cafés and 7 bars. Accommodation: 21 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Bayahibe
Beach-day index 9.0/10 · Dominican Republic median 8.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 26.7 °C | 26.5 °C | 26.5 °C | 27.0 °C | 27.6 °C | 28.2 °C | 28.4 °C | 28.7 °C | 29.0 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.3 °C | 27.4 °C |
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° |
| Low °C | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 38 | 27 | 25 | 46 | 67 | 46 | 49 | 59 | 65 | 62 | 78 | 47 |
| Cloud % | 42 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 56 | 54 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 53 | 46 | 41 |
| Wind m/s | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| Daylight h | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
| Record high/low | 32°/19° | 34°/18° | 34°/20° | 35°/21° | 34°/22° | 35°/24° | 35°/24° | 35°/24° | 36°/24° | 35°/23° | 34°/21° | 33°/20° |
| Beach index | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in all year; February scores 9.2/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 26.5 °C and 27 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Dominican Republic in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.8 °C, warmer than 88% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (78 mm) and March the driest (25 mm); the yearly total is about 610 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.0 hours in December to 13.2 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 07:03 and sets at 18:35 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (240°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in July–May; in mid-December it goes down at 18:01 local time on a bearing of 246°.
Straight out to the west-south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 74,886 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 7 m deep and 153 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 1 m above sea level 500 m inland and 12 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 41% grassland, 33% tree cover and 26% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 42% of that circle.
- Grass 41%
- Tree 33%
- Built 26%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa De Campo International Airport La Romana | LRM | 11.4 km | north-west |
| Punta Cana International Airport Punta Cana | PUJ | 54.9 km | north-east |
| Las Américas International Airport Santo Domingo | SDQ | 87.3 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: ferry terminal Puerto de Bayahibe (330 m) and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 4 (about 221.9K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Bayahibe has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa Bayahíbe.
Wikidata item Q136026980.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Mirador de Bayahibe 360 m W
Nature
- Parque Nacional Cotubama nature reserve 60 m NW
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 1,781 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in June (237 views), 2.5× the quietest month.
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 3.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w253125051; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_19QEA_20251210_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 8.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.