Climate averages 1991–2020
Havana weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Havana: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguel del Padrón (7 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Havana, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Havana ranks joint 14th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Havana is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 113 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
Havana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 47 | 7.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 28 | 4.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 75 | 8.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 94 | 12.8 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 52 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 32.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 77 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 113 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 95 | 14.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 8.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 37 | 7.0 | 10.711 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
- San Miguel del Padrón in AugustCuba · 7 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in AugustCuba · 11 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Matanzas in AugustCuba · 82 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AugustCuba · 121 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AugustCuba · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in AugustCuba · 227 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Santa Clara in AugustCuba · 261 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Homestead in AugustUnited States · 324 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 176 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 Havana) is explained once on the Havana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.