Climate averages 1991–2020
George Town weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in George Town: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (332 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than George Town, with 97 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cienfuegos in OctoberCuba · 332 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in OctoberCuba · 357 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Montego Bay in OctoberJamaica · 375 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Santa Clara in OctoberCuba · 377 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in OctoberCuba · 393 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in OctoberCuba · 417 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Matanzas in OctoberCuba · 418 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in OctoberCuba · 423 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°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.