Climate averages 1991–2020
Moa weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Moa: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guantánamo (63 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Moa, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Moa ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Moa is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Guantánamo in MayCuba · 63 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 115 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 120 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Holguín in MayCuba · 139 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Contramaestre in MayCuba · 141 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Bayamo in MayCuba · 179 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in MayCuba · 182 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MayCuba · 211 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 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.