Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayamo weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bayamo: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Contramaestre (42 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Bayamo, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Bayamo ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Bayamo is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 188 mm to 149 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
Bayamo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 20 | 4.5 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 31.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 37 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 67 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 31.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 188 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 149 | 21.0 | 13.313 h |
| July | 33.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 123 | 21.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 135 | 22.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 170 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 148 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 60 | 10.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 28 | 5.3 | 10.911 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
- Contramaestre in MayCuba · 42 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MayCuba · 50 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Holguín in MayCuba · 69 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 70 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MayCuba · 73 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in MayCuba · 92 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 94 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Guantánamo in MayCuba · 152 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 139 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 Bayamo) is explained once on the Bayamo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.