Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Cuba weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Santiago de Cuba: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palma Soriano (28 km away). In July its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Santiago de Cuba, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Cuba, Santiago de Cuba ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Santiago de Cuba is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Palma Soriano in JulyCuba · 28 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Contramaestre in JulyCuba · 54 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Guantánamo in JulyCuba · 65 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Bayamo in JulyCuba · 94 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Holguín in JulyCuba · 107 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Moa in JulyCuba · 115 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in JulyCuba · 140 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Puerto Padre in JulyCuba · 154 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 48 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.