Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In February its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 28.4°C; Matanzas is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in FebruaryCuba · 39 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 22 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in FebruaryCuba · 76 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in FebruaryCuba · 81 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Havana in FebruaryCuba · 82 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in FebruaryCuba · 153 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Clara in FebruaryCuba · 180 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in FebruaryCuba · 228 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in FebruaryCuba · 252 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 20 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.