Climate averages 1991–2020
Contramaestre weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Contramaestre: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Palma Soriano (28 km away). In March its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Contramaestre, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Contramaestre ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Contramaestre is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 54 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Palma Soriano in MarchCuba · 28 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Bayamo in MarchCuba · 42 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MarchCuba · 54 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Holguín in MarchCuba · 65 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MarchCuba · 91 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MarchCuba · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in MarchCuba · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Guantánamo in MarchCuba · 109 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 34 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.