Climate averages 1991–2020

Ciego de Ávila weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 20.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 17 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ciego de Ávila · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Ciego de Ávila: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sancti Spíritus (71 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Ciego de Ávila, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Ciego de Ávila ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Ciego de Ávila is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 34 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ciego de Ávila, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.7°C19.6°C19.6°C152.411.011 h
February 28.8°C19.7°C19.7°C172.111.411 h
March, selected 29.6°C20.2°C20.2°C173.512.012 h
April 31.2°C21.6°C21.6°C346.012.613 h
May 31.4°C22.8°C22.8°C10814.613.213 h
June 31.8°C24.0°C24.0°C10617.013.413 h
July 33.0°C24.5°C24.5°C7414.313.313 h
August 33.1°C24.7°C24.7°C9716.512.913 h
September 31.5°C24.1°C24.1°C12220.112.312 h
October 30.0°C23.4°C23.4°C9317.011.712 h
November 28.7°C21.9°C21.9°C326.911.111 h
December 28.1°C20.6°C20.6°C153.210.811 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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Ciego de Ávila

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 limits

How 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.