Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 27.7°C; Matanzas is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 39 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in DecemberCuba · 76 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in DecemberCuba · 81 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Havana in DecemberCuba · 82 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in DecemberCuba · 153 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Santa Clara in DecemberCuba · 180 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in DecemberCuba · 228 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in DecemberCuba · 252 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 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.