Climate averages 1991–2020
Pinar del Río weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Pinar del Río: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arroyo Naranjo (152 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Pinar del Río, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Pinar del Río ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Pinar del Río is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 25 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
Pinar del Río climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 24 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 37 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 110 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 180 | 21.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 126 | 21.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 154 | 23.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 182 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 31 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 26 | 4.5 | 10.811 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
- Arroyo Naranjo in JanuaryCuba · 152 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Havana in JanuaryCuba · 156 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 47 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in JanuaryCuba · 159 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Matanzas in JanuaryCuba · 228 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 265 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in JanuaryCuba · 336 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Cancún in JanuaryMexico · 353 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Santa Clara in JanuaryCuba · 383 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 25 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 Pinar del Río) is explained once on the Pinar del Río year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.