Climate averages 1991–2020
Cárdenas, Cuba weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Cárdenas, Cuba: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes September a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matanzas (39 km away). In September its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Cárdenas, Cuba, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cárdenas, Cuba ranks joint 20th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 14th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 31.2°C; Cárdenas, Cuba is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Matanzas in SeptemberCuba · 39 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 135 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in SeptemberCuba · 115 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in SeptemberCuba · 120 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Havana in SeptemberCuba · 121 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in SeptemberCuba · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Santa Clara in SeptemberCuba · 145 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in SeptemberCuba · 219 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in SeptemberCuba · 265 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 182 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.