Santo Domingo
Capital of Dominican Republic: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) taken atop Novocentro tower viewing the city to the southwest 2010: Jjc09, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Santo Domingo is the capital of Dominican Republic, in Nacional. About 2.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Dominican Republic in our atlas.
It lies at 18.47° N, 69.89° W, about 24 m (79 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Santo_Domingo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Santo Domingo. Green dots: other major cities of Dominican Republic. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Santo Domingo has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 21°C (69°F). Around 580 mm (23 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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
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
- Santo Domingo Este · 5 km
- Santo Domingo Oeste · 12 km
- San Cristóbal · 23 km
- San Pedro de Macorís · 61 km
- La Romana · 98 km
- San Francisco de Macorís · 99 km
- Santiago de los Caballeros · 137 km
- Puerto Plata · 169 km
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3492908 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q34820 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) taken atop Novocentro tower viewing the city to the southwest 2010: Jjc09, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Parque Colón: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio quisqueya santo domingo dominican republic 1: Calt2001, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Coccothrinax argentea: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Malecon Center: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- CCSD Plaza España 07 2017 4671: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Feria de la Paz: Celiovmota, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
