Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzanillo, Cuba weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Manzanillo, Cuba: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayamo (50 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Manzanillo, Cuba, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Manzanillo, Cuba ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Manzanillo, Cuba is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 15 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
Manzanillo, Cuba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 31.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 167 | 19.0 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 142 | 21.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 119 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 126 | 22.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 157 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 136 | 20.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 50 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 23 | 3.9 | 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
- Bayamo in JanuaryCuba · 50 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Las Tunas in JanuaryCuba · 71 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Contramaestre in JanuaryCuba · 91 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Holguín in JanuaryCuba · 108 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in JanuaryCuba · 109 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in JanuaryCuba · 118 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 140 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Camagüey in JanuaryCuba · 142 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 17 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 Manzanillo) is explained once on the Manzanillo, Cuba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.