Climate averages 1991–2020
Guantánamo weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Guantánamo: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moa (63 km away). In October its highs average 29.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Guantánamo, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Guantánamo ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 29.8°C; Guantánamo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 58 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
Guantánamo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 16 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 34 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 58 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 139 | 17.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 33.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 77 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 98 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 137 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 18.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 58 | 10.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 26 | 5.2 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Moa in OctoberCuba · 63 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 153 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in OctoberCuba · 65 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in OctoberCuba · 82 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Contramaestre in OctoberCuba · 109 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Holguín in OctoberCuba · 137 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Bayamo in OctoberCuba · 152 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in OctoberCuba · 186 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in OctoberCuba · 200 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 136 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 Guantánamo) is explained once on the Guantánamo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.