Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Cuba weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cárdenas, Cuba: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matanzas (39 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Cuba, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cárdenas, Cuba ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Cárdenas, Cuba is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 144 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Matanzas in MayCuba · 39 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in MayCuba · 115 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MayCuba · 120 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Havana in MayCuba · 121 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in MayCuba · 126 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MayCuba · 145 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in MayCuba · 219 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MayCuba · 265 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 110 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.