Climate averages 1991–2020
Havana weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Havana: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguel del Padrón (7 km away). In March its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Havana, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Havana ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Havana is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 28 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Miguel del Padrón in MarchCuba · 7 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MarchCuba · 11 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Matanzas in MarchCuba · 82 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MarchCuba · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MarchCuba · 156 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in MarchCuba · 227 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MarchCuba · 261 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Homestead in MarchUnited States · 324 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 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.