Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks joint 18th of 21 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Matanzas is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MarchCuba · 39 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 23 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in MarchCuba · 76 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MarchCuba · 81 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Havana in MarchCuba · 82 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in MarchCuba · 153 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MarchCuba · 180 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in MarchCuba · 228 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in MarchCuba · 252 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 19 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.