Climate averages 1991–2020
George Town weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in George Town: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (332 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, 2.5°C warmer than George Town, with 111 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cienfuegos in MayCuba · 332 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in MayCuba · 357 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Montego Bay in MayJamaica · 375 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MayCuba · 377 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in MayCuba · 393 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MayCuba · 417 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Matanzas in MayCuba · 418 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MayCuba · 423 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 110 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.