Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Matanzas is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 135 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AugustCuba · 39 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 126 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in AugustCuba · 76 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in AugustCuba · 81 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Havana in AugustCuba · 82 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in AugustCuba · 153 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Santa Clara in AugustCuba · 180 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AugustCuba · 228 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in AugustCuba · 252 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 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.