Climate averages 1991–2020
Palma Soriano weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Palma Soriano: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago de Cuba (28 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Palma Soriano, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Palma Soriano ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Palma Soriano is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 14 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
Palma Soriano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Santiago de Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 28 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Contramaestre in JanuaryCuba · 28 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Bayamo in JanuaryCuba · 70 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Holguín in JanuaryCuba · 80 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Guantánamo in JanuaryCuba · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 118 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Moa in JanuaryCuba · 120 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in JanuaryCuba · 126 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 29 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.