Climate averages 1991–2020
Palma Soriano weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Palma Soriano: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago de Cuba (28 km away). In August its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Palma Soriano, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Palma Soriano ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Palma Soriano is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 135 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
Palma Soriano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 28 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 47 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 129 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 32.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 93 | 19.1 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 105 | 20.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 135 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 20.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 54 | 10.1 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 23 | 4.8 | 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
- Santiago de Cuba in AugustCuba · 28 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Contramaestre in AugustCuba · 28 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Bayamo in AugustCuba · 70 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Holguín in AugustCuba · 80 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Guantánamo in AugustCuba · 82 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in AugustCuba · 118 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Moa in AugustCuba · 120 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in AugustCuba · 126 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 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 Palma Soriano) is explained once on the Palma Soriano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.