Climate averages 1991–2020

Cárdenas, Cuba weather
in February.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.9°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 20.3°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 22 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cárdenas · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Cárdenas, Cuba: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Matanzas (39 km away). In February its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Cuba, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cárdenas, Cuba ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 28.4°C; Cárdenas, Cuba is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cárdenas, Cuba, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.8°C20.0°C20.0°C305.110.911 h
February, selected 26.9°C20.3°C20.3°C223.511.411 h
March 28.1°C20.9°C20.9°C234.712.012 h
April 29.7°C22.3°C22.3°C406.012.713 h
May 30.2°C23.6°C23.6°C10713.713.213 h
June 30.7°C24.9°C24.9°C14419.013.514 h
July 31.4°C25.4°C25.4°C9917.613.413 h
August 31.5°C25.6°C25.6°C12619.812.913 h
September 30.5°C25.1°C25.1°C14521.912.312 h
October 28.9°C24.2°C24.2°C11217.211.612 h
November 27.2°C22.6°C22.6°C457.711.111 h
December 26.4°C21.2°C21.2°C245.010.711 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Cárdenas

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 limits

How 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.