Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Padre weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Puerto Padre: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Las Tunas (45 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Puerto Padre, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Puerto Padre ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Puerto Padre is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 75 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Las Tunas in MayCuba · 45 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Holguín in MayCuba · 49 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Bayamo in MayCuba · 92 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Contramaestre in MayCuba · 106 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MayCuba · 109 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Camagüey in MayCuba · 138 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 154 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 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.