Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic: population, climate, map and landmarks

Overview

Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in Dominican Republic, in Santiago Province. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Dominican Republic in our atlas.

It lies at 19.45° N, 70.69° W, about 209 m (686 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Santo_Domingo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.

Location

Red dot: Santiago de los Caballeros. Green dots: other major cities of Dominican Republic. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Santiago de los Caballeros has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 18°C (65°F). Around 627 mm (25 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.

Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.

Landmarks and places to see

Monumento de SantiagoMonument in Dominican Republic

Estadio La BarranquitaStadium in Dominican Republic

Estadio CibaoMulti-use stadium in Santiago, Dominican Republic

Gran Arena del CibaoArena in the Dominican Republic

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

What to eat in Dominican RepublicNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.

Nearby major cities

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Sources

Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3492914 (CC BY 4.0)
Wikidata Q23761170 (CC0)
Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits

Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration1: Casualknit at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Estadiocibao: Advancehg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Gran Arena del Cibao: NASA World Wind, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)