Climate averages 1991–2020
Holguín weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Holguín: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Padre (49 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Holguín, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Holguín ranks 12th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 27.7°C; Holguín is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Puerto Padre in DecemberCuba · 49 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Contramaestre in DecemberCuba · 65 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bayamo in DecemberCuba · 69 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Las Tunas in DecemberCuba · 72 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in DecemberCuba · 80 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in DecemberCuba · 107 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 108 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Guantánamo in DecemberCuba · 137 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 26 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.