Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Clara weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santa Clara: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (57 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Santa Clara, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santa Clara ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Santa Clara is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 150 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
Santa Clara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 23 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 43 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 150 | 19.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 96 | 17.0 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 31.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 110 | 19.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 150 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 112 | 18.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 44 | 9.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 22 | 4.9 | 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
- Cienfuegos in AugustCuba · 57 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in AugustCuba · 75 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in AugustCuba · 139 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in AugustCuba · 145 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Matanzas in AugustCuba · 180 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Camagüey in AugustCuba · 240 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in AugustCuba · 254 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in AugustCuba · 257 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 106 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 Santa Clara) is explained once on the Santa Clara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.