Climate averages 1991–2020

Pinar del Río weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 22.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 110 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pinar del Río · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Pinar del Río: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Arroyo Naranjo (152 km away). In May its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Pinar del Río, with 89 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Pinar del Río ranks joint 7th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Pinar del Río is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 180 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pinar del Río, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.1°C18.1°C18.1°C365.410.911 h
February 27.3°C18.4°C18.4°C254.311.411 h
March 28.7°C19.3°C19.3°C244.512.012 h
April 30.6°C21.1°C21.1°C376.212.713 h
May, selected 31.2°C22.7°C22.7°C11013.513.213 h
June 31.0°C23.9°C23.9°C18021.913.513 h
July 31.9°C24.2°C24.2°C12621.613.413 h
August 31.7°C24.4°C24.4°C15423.112.913 h
September 30.6°C24.0°C24.0°C18223.412.312 h
October 29.3°C22.9°C22.9°C11015.511.612 h
November 27.8°C20.6°C20.6°C315.311.111 h
December 26.7°C19.1°C19.1°C264.510.811 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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Pinar del Río

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 limits

How 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.