Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest April highs and joint 4th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 30.6°C; Matanzas is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Matanzas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 29 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 21 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 98 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 138 | 18.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 90 | 17.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 113 | 19.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 135 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 105 | 16.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 43 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.711 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
April in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AprilCuba · 39 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 40 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in AprilCuba · 76 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in AprilCuba · 81 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Havana in AprilCuba · 82 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in AprilCuba · 153 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Santa Clara in AprilCuba · 180 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AprilCuba · 228 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in AprilCuba · 252 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 38 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 Matanzas) is explained once on the Matanzas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.