Climate averages 1991–2020
Holguín weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Holguín: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Padre (49 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Holguín, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Holguín ranks 10th of 21 for the warmest January highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Holguín is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Puerto Padre in JanuaryCuba · 49 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Contramaestre in JanuaryCuba · 65 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Bayamo in JanuaryCuba · 69 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Las Tunas in JanuaryCuba · 72 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in JanuaryCuba · 80 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 108 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Guantánamo in JanuaryCuba · 137 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 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.