Dominican Republic / La Altagracia Province
Playa Juanillo
Playa Juanillo is a 3.1 km-long sandy beach facing south-east on the Caribbean Sea, 9.5 km south of Punta Cana (La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic). The sea averages 28.9 °C in September, its warmest month, and 26.3 °C in February; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Juanillo
Beach-day index 8.8/10 · Dominican Republic median 8.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 26.6 °C | 26.3 °C | 26.3 °C | 26.7 °C | 27.4 °C | 28.0 °C | 28.2 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.3 °C | 27.3 °C |
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Low °C | 26° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° |
| Rain mm | 38 | 26 | 26 | 46 | 75 | 50 | 55 | 67 | 74 | 68 | 79 | 46 |
| Cloud % | 36 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 54 | 53 | 45 | 44 | 51 | 51 | 45 | 36 |
| Wind m/s | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 |
| Daylight h | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
| Record high/low | 28°/23° | 28°/23° | 28°/23° | 29°/24° | 29°/25° | 30°/26° | 30°/26° | 30°/27° | 31°/27° | 30°/26° | 30°/25° | 29°/24° |
| Beach index | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
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; March scores 9.2/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 26.3 °C and 26 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Dominican Republic in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.6 °C, warmer than 87% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (79 mm) and February the driest (26 mm); the yearly total is about 650 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.0 hours in December to 13.2 hours in June; in mid-March the sun rises at 06:42 and sets at 18:43 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (135°). Open water fills about 56% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 246° to 295°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 74,775 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 23 m deep and 68 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 3 m above sea level 500 m inland and 5 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 36% built-up land, 26% grassland and 22% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 66% of that circle.
- Built 36%
- Grass 26%
- Tree 22%
- Bare 13%
- Wetland 4%
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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 9Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 15Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Marinas & slipways
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 7 restaurants and 2 bars. Accommodation: 15 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.
Around the beach
Nature
- Laguna Inriri nature reserve 690 m NW
Marinas
- Cap Cana Marina 530 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Cana International Airport Punta Cana | PUJ | 7.6 km | north |
| Casa De Campo International Airport La Romana | LRM | 56.5 km | west |
| Rafael Hernández International Airport Aguadilla | BQN | 132 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 100K residents); within 30 km there are 2 (about 102K).
Reference
Playa Juanillo has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa Juanillo.
Wikidata item Q141368562.
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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 13.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w255722225; 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.
- 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 5.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.