Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Cuba weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cárdenas, Cuba: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matanzas (39 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Cuba, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cárdenas, Cuba ranks joint 20th of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 10th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 29.8°C; Cárdenas, Cuba is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Matanzas in OctoberCuba · 39 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 105 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in OctoberCuba · 115 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in OctoberCuba · 120 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Havana in OctoberCuba · 121 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in OctoberCuba · 126 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Santa Clara in OctoberCuba · 145 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in OctoberCuba · 219 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in OctoberCuba · 265 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°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.