Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Cuba weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santiago de Cuba: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palma Soriano (28 km away). In August its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Santiago de Cuba, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santiago de Cuba ranks 12th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Santiago de Cuba is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 115 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
Santiago de Cuba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| March | 29.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 28 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 46 | 8.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 114 | 15.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 13.313 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 56 | 12.5 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 32.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 82 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 115 | 19.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 111 | 17.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 58 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| December | 29.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 22 | 3.3 | 10.911 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
- Palma Soriano in AugustCuba · 28 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Contramaestre in AugustCuba · 54 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Guantánamo in AugustCuba · 65 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Bayamo in AugustCuba · 94 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Holguín in AugustCuba · 107 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Moa in AugustCuba · 115 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in AugustCuba · 140 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in AugustCuba · 154 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 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 Santiago de Cuba) is explained once on the Santiago de Cuba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.