Climate averages 1991–2020
Havana weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Havana: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguel del Padrón (7 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Havana, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Havana ranks 17th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Havana is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 94 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Miguel del Padrón in MayCuba · 7 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MayCuba · 11 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Matanzas in MayCuba · 82 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MayCuba · 121 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MayCuba · 156 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in MayCuba · 227 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MayCuba · 261 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Homestead in MayUnited States · 324 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 95 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.