Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Padre weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Puerto Padre: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Las Tunas (45 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Puerto Padre, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Puerto Padre ranks 13th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 27.7°C; Puerto Padre is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Las Tunas in DecemberCuba · 45 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Holguín in DecemberCuba · 49 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Bayamo in DecemberCuba · 92 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Contramaestre in DecemberCuba · 106 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 109 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in DecemberCuba · 126 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Camagüey in DecemberCuba · 138 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in DecemberCuba · 154 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 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.