Climate averages 1991–2020
Havana weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Havana: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguel del Padrón (7 km away). In October its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Havana, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Havana ranks joint 16th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 29.8°C; Havana is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 50 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San Miguel del Padrón in OctoberCuba · 7 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in OctoberCuba · 11 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Matanzas in OctoberCuba · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in OctoberCuba · 121 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in OctoberCuba · 156 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in OctoberCuba · 227 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Santa Clara in OctoberCuba · 261 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Homestead in OctoberUnited States · 324 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 101 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.