Climate averages 1991–2020
Cienfuegos weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cienfuegos: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Clara (57 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Cienfuegos, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cienfuegos ranks 11th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Cienfuegos is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Santa Clara in MayCuba · 57 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in MayCuba · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MayCuba · 126 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Matanzas in MayCuba · 153 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in MayCuba · 177 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 108 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in MayCuba · 220 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MayCuba · 221 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Havana in MayCuba · 227 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 75 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.