Climate averages 1991–2020
Havana weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Havana: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguel del Padrón (7 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Havana, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Havana ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Havana is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Miguel del Padrón in JanuaryCuba · 7 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in JanuaryCuba · 11 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Matanzas in JanuaryCuba · 82 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 121 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in JanuaryCuba · 156 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in JanuaryCuba · 227 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Clara in JanuaryCuba · 261 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Homestead in JanuaryUnited States · 324 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 35 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.