Climate averages 1991–2020

Sancti Spíritus weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.4°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 18 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Sancti Spíritus: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciego de Ávila (71 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Sancti Spíritus, with 15 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Sancti Spíritus ranks 11th of 21 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Sancti Spíritus is level with that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sancti Spíritus, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Sancti Spíritus

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 limits

How 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.