Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Clara weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Santa Clara: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (57 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Santa Clara, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santa Clara ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Santa Clara is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 25 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Cienfuegos in JanuaryCuba · 57 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in JanuaryCuba · 75 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in JanuaryCuba · 139 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 145 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Matanzas in JanuaryCuba · 180 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Camagüey in JanuaryCuba · 240 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 17 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in JanuaryCuba · 254 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in JanuaryCuba · 257 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 31 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.