Climate averages 1991–2020
Sancti Spíritus weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sancti Spíritus: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciego de Ávila (71 km away). In August its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Sancti Spíritus, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Sancti Spíritus ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Sancti Spíritus is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 135 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
Sancti Spíritus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 20 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 29.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 123 | 15.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 124 | 18.9 | 13.413 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 85 | 17.4 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 135 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 102 | 18.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 36 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 27.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 18 | 4.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ciego de Ávila in AugustCuba · 71 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Santa Clara in AugustCuba · 75 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in AugustCuba · 107 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Camagüey in AugustCuba · 169 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AugustCuba · 219 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Matanzas in AugustCuba · 252 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Las Tunas in AugustCuba · 279 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in AugustCuba · 299 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 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 Sancti Spíritus) is explained once on the Sancti Spíritus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.