Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In July its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Matanzas is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in JulyCuba · 39 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 99 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in JulyCuba · 76 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in JulyCuba · 81 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Havana in JulyCuba · 82 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in JulyCuba · 153 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Santa Clara in JulyCuba · 180 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in JulyCuba · 228 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in JulyCuba · 252 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 85 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.