Climate averages 1991–2020
Matanzas weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Matanzas: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cárdenas, Cuba (39 km away). In September its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Matanzas, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Matanzas ranks joint 20th of 21 for the warmest September highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 31.2°C; Matanzas is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Cárdenas, Cuba in SeptemberCuba · 39 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 145 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in SeptemberCuba · 76 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in SeptemberCuba · 81 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Havana in SeptemberCuba · 82 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in SeptemberCuba · 153 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Santa Clara in SeptemberCuba · 180 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in SeptemberCuba · 228 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in SeptemberCuba · 252 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 135 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.