Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Cuba weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Cárdenas, Cuba: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matanzas (39 km away). In July its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Cuba, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cárdenas, Cuba ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Cárdenas, Cuba is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Matanzas in JulyCuba · 39 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 90 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in JulyCuba · 115 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in JulyCuba · 120 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Havana in JulyCuba · 121 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in JulyCuba · 126 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Santa Clara in JulyCuba · 145 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in JulyCuba · 219 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in JulyCuba · 265 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 126 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.