Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Cuba weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cárdenas, Cuba: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matanzas (39 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Cuba, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cárdenas, Cuba ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 30.6°C; Cárdenas, Cuba is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cárdenas, Cuba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 30 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 23 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 40 | 6.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 107 | 13.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 144 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 99 | 17.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 126 | 19.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 112 | 17.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 45 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 24 | 5.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Matanzas in AprilCuba · 39 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 34 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in AprilCuba · 115 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in AprilCuba · 120 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Havana in AprilCuba · 121 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in AprilCuba · 126 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Santa Clara in AprilCuba · 145 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in AprilCuba · 219 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AprilCuba · 265 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 37 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 Cárdenas) is explained once on the Cárdenas, Cuba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.