Climate averages 1991–2020
Cienfuegos weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cienfuegos: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Clara (57 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Cienfuegos, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Cienfuegos ranks joint 10th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 29.8°C; Cienfuegos is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Santa Clara in OctoberCuba · 57 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in OctoberCuba · 107 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in OctoberCuba · 126 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Matanzas in OctoberCuba · 153 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in OctoberCuba · 177 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 93 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in OctoberCuba · 220 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in OctoberCuba · 221 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Havana in OctoberCuba · 227 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 95 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.