Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzanillo, Cuba weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Manzanillo, Cuba: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayamo (50 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Manzanillo, Cuba, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Manzanillo, Cuba ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Manzanillo, Cuba is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 mm to 142 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
Manzanillo, Cuba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bayamo in MayCuba · 50 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MayCuba · 71 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Contramaestre in MayCuba · 91 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Holguín in MayCuba · 108 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in MayCuba · 109 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 118 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 140 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Camagüey in MayCuba · 142 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 159 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.