Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 29.8°C; Matanzas is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in OctoberCuba · 39 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 112 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in OctoberCuba · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in OctoberCuba · 81 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Havana in OctoberCuba · 82 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in OctoberCuba · 153 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Santa Clara in OctoberCuba · 180 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in OctoberCuba · 228 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in OctoberCuba · 252 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 102 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.