Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Clara weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santa Clara: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cienfuegos (57 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Santa Clara, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santa Clara ranks joint 13th of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Santa Clara is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cienfuegos in MayCuba · 57 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Sancti Spíritus in MayCuba · 75 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Ciego de Ávila in MayCuba · 139 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Cárdenas, Cuba in MayCuba · 145 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Matanzas in MayCuba · 180 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Camagüey in MayCuba · 240 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 159 mm rain
- San Miguel del Padrón in MayCuba · 254 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Arroyo Naranjo in MayCuba · 257 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 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.