| Villa Altagracia | |
| Pushpin Map: | Dominican Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Villa Altagracia in the Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 18.67°N -70.17°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | San Cristóbal |
| Area Total Km2: | 482.05 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 169655 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Blank1 Name: | Municipal Districts |
| Blank1 Info: | 3 |
Villa Altagracia is a municipality (municipio) of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts (distritos municipal): La Cuchilla, Medina and San José del Puerto.[3]
Under the Köppen climate classification system, Villa Altagracia has a trade-wind tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). There is a definite wetter period from May to October, but even the driest months of January and February see at least 852NaN2 of rainfall.
The climate is hot, oppressive and partly cloudy. The temperature over a year varies from 65to and rarely falls below 621NaN1 or above 921NaN1.[4]
With temperature that remains consistent year round, the variant between seasons is the cloud coverage. The clearer part of the year spans from November to May followed by the cloudier season starting and May and into November.
A wet day in Villa Altagracia requires 0.04 inches of liquid in precipitation. The wetter season lasts from late April to November, with 15% or more chance of being a wet day.
The muggier season lasts for nearly 10 months, from mid March to Mid January. The comfort level is muggy at least 79% of the time.
The windier season takes place from early November into Mid May. The average wind speed during this time is 6.9mph.