Climate averages 1991–2020
Moa weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Moa: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guantánamo (63 km away). In August its highs average 33.6°C, 2.7°C warmer than Moa, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Moa ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Moa is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Moa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 66 | 13.8 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 44 | 10.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 58 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 116 | 18.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 81 | 16.8 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 59 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 80 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 121 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 153 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 134 | 20.3 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 85 | 16.3 | 10.911 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
August in nearby cities
- Guantánamo in AugustCuba · 63 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in AugustCuba · 115 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in AugustCuba · 120 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Holguín in AugustCuba · 139 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Contramaestre in AugustCuba · 141 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Bayamo in AugustCuba · 179 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in AugustCuba · 182 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Las Tunas in AugustCuba · 211 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 136 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 Moa) is explained once on the Moa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.