Climate averages 1991–2020
George Town weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in George Town: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 27.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (332 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, 2.6°C warmer than George Town, with 99 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
George Town climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 31 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 26.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 26.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 19 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 18 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 97 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| June | 29.0°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 102 | 13.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 61 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 29.8°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 89 | 15.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 141 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 214 | 20.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 120 | 13.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 47 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Cienfuegos in AugustCuba · 332 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in AugustCuba · 357 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Montego Bay in AugustJamaica · 375 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 171 mm rain
- Santa Clara in AugustCuba · 377 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in AugustCuba · 393 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AugustCuba · 417 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Matanzas in AugustCuba · 418 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AugustCuba · 423 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 154 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for George Town) is explained once on the George Town year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.