Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciego de Ávila weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ciego de Ávila: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sancti Spíritus (71 km away). In December its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Ciego de Ávila, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Ciego de Ávila ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 27.7°C; Ciego de Ávila is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 15 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Ciego de Ávila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 15 | 2.4 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 17 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 29.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 17 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 34 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 108 | 14.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 106 | 17.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 33.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 74 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 16.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 20.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 93 | 17.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 28.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 15 | 3.2 | 10.811 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
December in nearby cities
- Sancti Spíritus in DecemberCuba · 71 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Camagüey in DecemberCuba · 101 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Clara in DecemberCuba · 139 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in DecemberCuba · 177 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Las Tunas in DecemberCuba · 211 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in DecemberCuba · 234 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 238 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Bayamo in DecemberCuba · 274 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 28 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 Ciego de Ávila) is explained once on the Ciego de Ávila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.