Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros, often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the capital of Santiago Province and the largest major metropolis in the Cibao region of the country. Santiago is the largest Caribbean city that is not a capital city, and the largest non-coastal metropolis in the Caribbean islands. It is approximately 155 km (96 mi) northwest of the capital, Santo Domingo, with an average altitude of 178 m (584 ft). The city has a population of 771,748 inhabitants (2022). Santiago's metropolitan area population composed of the municipalities of Santiago-Licey Al Medio-Baitoa-Tamboril-Puñal-Villa González is 1,261,852 as of 2022, making it the Dominican Republic's second-largest.
- Country
- 🇩🇴 República Dominicana
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 1,200,000
- Time zone
- America/Santo_Domingo
- Coordinates
- 19.45, -70.69
Weather in Santiago de los Caballeros month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 33° | 35° | 36° | 39° | 37° | 37° | 36° | 36° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 34° |
| low | 16° | 15° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| rain | 49 mm | 29 mm | 38 mm | 44 mm | 64 mm | 39 mm | 49 mm | 55 mm | 58 mm | 60 mm | 86 mm | 56 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Santiago de los Caballeros is from other cities in República Dominicana
- La Vega31 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 31 min
- Puerto Plata38 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 38 min
- San Francisco de Macorís49 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 49 min
- Bonao64 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 4 min
- San Juan de la Maguana91 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 31 min
- Santo Domingo Oeste128 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 2 h 8 min
- San Cristóbal130 km✈ 55 min · 🚗 2 h 10 min
- Santo Domingo137 km✈ 55 min · 🚗 2 h 17 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.