Climate averages 1991–2020
Sancti Spíritus weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sancti Spíritus: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciego de Ávila (71 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Sancti Spíritus, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Sancti Spíritus ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 29.3°C; Sancti Spíritus is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ciego de Ávila in MarchCuba · 71 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Santa Clara in MarchCuba · 75 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Cienfuegos in MarchCuba · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Camagüey in MarchCuba · 169 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MarchCuba · 219 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Matanzas in MarchCuba · 252 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Las Tunas in MarchCuba · 279 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MarchCuba · 299 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 26 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.