Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Cuba weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Santiago de Cuba: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palma Soriano (28 km away). In February its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Santiago de Cuba, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santiago de Cuba ranks 6th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 28.4°C; Santiago de Cuba is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Palma Soriano in FebruaryCuba · 28 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Contramaestre in FebruaryCuba · 54 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Guantánamo in FebruaryCuba · 65 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Bayamo in FebruaryCuba · 94 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Holguín in FebruaryCuba · 107 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Moa in FebruaryCuba · 115 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in FebruaryCuba · 140 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in FebruaryCuba · 154 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 21 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.