Camagüey climate

Name: Camagüey
Address: CU

Camagüey is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (159 mm) and January the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Camagüey averages 963 mm of rain and 355 days above 25 °C.

Cuba · population 347,562 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 33 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month January 18 mm
Wettest month September 159 mm
Least cloud February 31 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C

What to expectCamagüey through the year

Camagüey has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 4.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 355 days a year reach 25 °C, 216 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 159 mm against 18 mm in January — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.0 °C	18 mm	38 %
February	29.0 °C	22 mm	31 %
March	30.0 °C	25 mm	34 %
April	31.4 °C	48 mm	38 %
May	31.3 °C	154 mm	52 %
June	31.7 °C	143 mm	66 %
July	32.7 °C	95 mm	54 %
August	32.7 °C	119 mm	56 %
September	31.4 °C	159 mm	63 %
October	29.8 °C	116 mm	61 %
November	28.3 °C	43 mm	48 %
December	27.9 °C	20 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.0 °C	19.6 °C	23.1 °C	33.2 °C	10.6 °C	27	6
February	29.0 °C	19.6 °C	23.6 °C	34.0 °C	12.0 °C	27	10
March	30.0 °C	20.1 °C	24.3 °C	35.8 °C	12.9 °C	30	17
April	31.4 °C	21.4 °C	25.6 °C	37.5 °C	15.7 °C	30	22
May	31.3 °C	22.4 °C	26.0 °C	37.2 °C	16.9 °C	31	22
June	31.7 °C	23.6 °C	26.8 °C	37.5 °C	21.0 °C	30	26
July	32.7 °C	24.1 °C	27.6 °C	37.2 °C	21.1 °C	31	30
August	32.7 °C	24.2 °C	27.6 °C	37.6 °C	22.1 °C	31	30
September	31.4 °C	23.7 °C	26.7 °C	35.4 °C	21.3 °C	30	27
October	29.8 °C	22.9 °C	25.6 °C	33.9 °C	16.7 °C	31	15
November	28.3 °C	21.6 °C	24.3 °C	33.5 °C	15.4 °C	29	5
December	27.9 °C	20.5 °C	23.5 °C	33.5 °C	12.2 °C	29	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	18 mm	4	11 h/day	38 %	74 %	19 km/h
February	22 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	71 %	19 km/h
March	25 mm	5	12 h/day	34 %	68 %	19 km/h
April	48 mm	8	13 h/day	38 %	69 %	18 km/h
May	154 mm	16	13 h/day	52 %	75 %	16 km/h
June	143 mm	18	13 h/day	66 %	80 %	14 km/h
July	95 mm	16	13 h/day	54 %	77 %	16 km/h
August	119 mm	18	13 h/day	56 %	78 %	15 km/h
September	159 mm	22	12 h/day	63 %	83 %	14 km/h
October	116 mm	19	12 h/day	61 %	84 %	15 km/h
November	43 mm	9	11 h/day	48 %	80 %	18 km/h
December	20 mm	4	11 h/day	40 %	77 %	19 km/h

How Camagüey compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Camagüey	33 °C	20 °C	963 mm	355
Las Tunas · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	356
Bayamo · Cuba	34 °C	19 °C	1,110 mm	361
Holguín · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	904 mm	353
Santa Clara · Cuba	32 °C	18 °C	945 mm	330

Where Camagüey ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America year-round	21st of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	23rd of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	27th of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	29th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in April	31st of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in North America in December	31st of 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Camagüey.

QuestionsCommon questions about Camagüey’s climate

When is the best time to visit Camagüey?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Camagüey get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 216 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Camagüey?

September, averaging 159 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 963 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Camagüey rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 21.381°, -77.917° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.