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.
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
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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Arroyo Naranjo in MayCuba · 152 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Havana in MayCuba · 156 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 75 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in MayCuba · 159 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Matanzas in MayCuba · 228 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MayCuba · 265 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in MayCuba · 336 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Cancún in MayMexico · 353 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MayCuba · 383 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 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.