Climate averages 1991–2020
Contramaestre weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Contramaestre: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palma Soriano (28 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Contramaestre, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Contramaestre ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Contramaestre is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 101 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 28 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Bayamo in MayCuba · 42 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 54 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Holguín in MayCuba · 65 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MayCuba · 91 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MayCuba · 104 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in MayCuba · 106 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Guantánamo in MayCuba · 109 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 139 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.