Climate averages 1991–2020
Cienfuegos weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cienfuegos: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Clara (57 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Cienfuegos, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cienfuegos ranks 11th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Cienfuegos is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 132 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Cienfuegos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 22 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 22 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 22 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 31 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 111 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 133 | 18.4 | 13.513 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 86 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 32.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 132 | 20.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 97 | 13.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 17 | 2.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Santa Clara in AugustCuba · 57 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in AugustCuba · 107 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AugustCuba · 126 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Matanzas in AugustCuba · 153 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in AugustCuba · 177 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in AugustCuba · 220 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in AugustCuba · 221 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Havana in AugustCuba · 227 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 77 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 Cienfuegos) is explained once on the Cienfuegos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.