Climate averages 1991–2020
Holguín weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Holguín: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Padre (49 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Holguín, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Holguín ranks joint 13th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Holguín is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Puerto Padre in MayCuba · 49 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Contramaestre in MayCuba · 65 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Bayamo in MayCuba · 69 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MayCuba · 72 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 80 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 107 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MayCuba · 108 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Guantánamo in MayCuba · 137 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 139 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.