Climate averages 1991–2020
Moa weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Moa: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guantánamo (63 km away). In October its highs average 30.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Moa, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Moa ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 29.8°C; Moa is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 134 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Guantánamo in OctoberCuba · 63 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in OctoberCuba · 115 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in OctoberCuba · 120 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Holguín in OctoberCuba · 139 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Contramaestre in OctoberCuba · 141 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Bayamo in OctoberCuba · 179 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in OctoberCuba · 182 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Las Tunas in OctoberCuba · 211 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 139 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.