Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Clara weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Santa Clara: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (57 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Santa Clara, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santa Clara ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 27.7°C; Santa Clara is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cienfuegos in DecemberCuba · 57 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in DecemberCuba · 75 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in DecemberCuba · 139 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 145 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Matanzas in DecemberCuba · 180 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Camagüey in DecemberCuba · 240 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 19 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in DecemberCuba · 254 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in DecemberCuba · 257 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 24 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.