Climate averages 1991–2020
Arroyo Naranjo weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Arroyo Naranjo: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguel del Padrón (8 km away). In December its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Arroyo Naranjo, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Arroyo Naranjo ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 27.7°C; Arroyo Naranjo is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Arroyo Naranjo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 31 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 27 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 27 | 4.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 89 | 11.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 134 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 87 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 106 | 17.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 88 | 13.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 32 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 26.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 24 | 4.2 | 10.711 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
December in nearby cities
- San Miguel del Padrón in DecemberCuba · 8 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Havana in DecemberCuba · 11 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Matanzas in DecemberCuba · 81 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 120 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in DecemberCuba · 152 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in DecemberCuba · 221 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Santa Clara in DecemberCuba · 257 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in DecemberCuba · 326 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 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 Arroyo Naranjo) is explained once on the Arroyo Naranjo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.