Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Padre weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Puerto Padre: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Las Tunas (45 km away). In August its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Puerto Padre, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Puerto Padre ranks 13th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Puerto Padre is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 121 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
Puerto Padre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 29 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 21 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 34 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 96 | 13.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 75 | 13.1 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 48 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 32.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 72 | 13.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 121 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 125 | 20.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 72 | 14.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 41 | 9.9 | 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
- Las Tunas in AugustCuba · 45 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Holguín in AugustCuba · 49 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Bayamo in AugustCuba · 92 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Contramaestre in AugustCuba · 106 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in AugustCuba · 109 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in AugustCuba · 126 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Camagüey in AugustCuba · 138 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in AugustCuba · 154 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 82 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 Puerto Padre) is explained once on the Puerto Padre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.