Climate averages 1991–2020
Holguín weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Holguín: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Padre (49 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Holguín, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Holguín ranks 11th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Holguín is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Puerto Padre in MarchCuba · 49 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Contramaestre in MarchCuba · 65 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Bayamo in MarchCuba · 69 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MarchCuba · 72 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MarchCuba · 80 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MarchCuba · 107 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MarchCuba · 108 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Guantánamo in MarchCuba · 137 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 34 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.