Climate averages 1991–2020
Cienfuegos weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cienfuegos: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd 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 Santa Clara (57 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Cienfuegos, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cienfuegos ranks 12th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Cienfuegos is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Santa Clara in MarchCuba · 57 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in MarchCuba · 107 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MarchCuba · 126 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Matanzas in MarchCuba · 153 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in MarchCuba · 177 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 17 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in MarchCuba · 220 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MarchCuba · 221 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Havana in MarchCuba · 227 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 24 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.