Climate averages 1991–2020
Contramaestre weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Contramaestre: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palma Soriano (28 km away). In August its highs average 32.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Contramaestre, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Contramaestre ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Contramaestre is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 122 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
Contramaestre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 19 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 54 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 144 | 17.8 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 101 | 17.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 33.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 79 | 17.6 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 33.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 86 | 19.3 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 122 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 113 | 20.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 10.911 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
- Palma Soriano in AugustCuba · 28 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Bayamo in AugustCuba · 42 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in AugustCuba · 54 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Holguín in AugustCuba · 65 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in AugustCuba · 91 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Las Tunas in AugustCuba · 104 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in AugustCuba · 106 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Guantánamo in AugustCuba · 109 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 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 Contramaestre) is explained once on the Contramaestre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.