Climate averages 1991–2020
Holguín weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Holguín: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Padre (49 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Holguín, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Holguín ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Holguín is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 139 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
Holguín climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 29 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 24 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 29.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 38 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 59 | 10.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 137 | 17.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 113 | 16.5 | 13.413 h |
| July | 32.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 14.5 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 86 | 16.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 139 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 130 | 20.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 72 | 14.3 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 38 | 8.9 | 10.911 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
- Puerto Padre in AugustCuba · 49 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Contramaestre in AugustCuba · 65 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Bayamo in AugustCuba · 69 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Las Tunas in AugustCuba · 72 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in AugustCuba · 80 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in AugustCuba · 107 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in AugustCuba · 108 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Guantánamo in AugustCuba · 137 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 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 Holguín) is explained once on the Holguín year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.