Climate averages 1991–2020
Moa weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Moa: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guantánamo (63 km away). In January its highs average 29.4°C, 2.9°C warmer than Moa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Moa ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Moa is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Guantánamo in JanuaryCuba · 63 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 115 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in JanuaryCuba · 120 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Holguín in JanuaryCuba · 139 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Contramaestre in JanuaryCuba · 141 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Bayamo in JanuaryCuba · 179 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in JanuaryCuba · 182 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Las Tunas in JanuaryCuba · 211 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 21 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.