Havana climate

Name: Havana
Address: CU

Havana is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. June is the wettest month (134 mm) and March the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Havana averages 801 mm of rain and 331 days above 25 °C.

Cuba · population 2,163,824 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month March 22 mm
Wettest month June 134 mm
Least cloud March 31 % cloud
Hottest on record April 36 °C
Coldest on record February 12 °C
Warmest sea August 30 °C

What to expectHavana through the year

Havana has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 6.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 331 days a year reach 25 °C, 162 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 134 mm against 22 mm in March — 6.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Havana is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in February at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.9 °C	32 mm	42 %
February	26.9 °C	28 mm	33 %
March	28.0 °C	22 mm	31 %
April	29.7 °C	30 mm	33 %
May	30.5 °C	83 mm	41 %
June	31.0 °C	134 mm	61 %
July	31.9 °C	84 mm	55 %
August	32.0 °C	108 mm	58 %
September	30.8 °C	131 mm	61 %
October	29.3 °C	90 mm	54 %
November	27.6 °C	34 mm	43 %
December	26.6 °C	23 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	25.9 °C	19.9 °C	22.4 °C	32.0 °C	12.5 °C	20	1
February	26.9 °C	20.1 °C	23.0 °C	31.4 °C	12.1 °C	22	2
March	28.0 °C	20.8 °C	23.8 °C	32.9 °C	14.0 °C	27	7
April	29.7 °C	22.3 °C	25.5 °C	36.3 °C	15.1 °C	29	15
May	30.5 °C	23.7 °C	26.6 °C	35.0 °C	18.2 °C	31	19
June	31.0 °C	24.9 °C	27.5 °C	35.2 °C	22.4 °C	30	22
July	31.9 °C	25.4 °C	28.2 °C	35.3 °C	23.2 °C	31	29
August	32.0 °C	25.7 °C	28.3 °C	36.0 °C	23.6 °C	31	29
September	30.8 °C	25.2 °C	27.5 °C	34.7 °C	21.8 °C	30	23
October	29.3 °C	24.3 °C	26.3 °C	33.9 °C	17.9 °C	31	10
November	27.6 °C	22.4 °C	24.6 °C	32.5 °C	14.9 °C	27	3
December	26.6 °C	21.0 °C	23.3 °C	31.2 °C	13.3 °C	24	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	32 mm	5	11 h/day	42 %	72 %	22 km/h	26.0 °C
February	28 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	71 %	21 km/h	25.8 °C
March	22 mm	4	12 h/day	31 %	68 %	23 km/h	25.8 °C
April	30 mm	5	13 h/day	33 %	67 %	21 km/h	26.5 °C
May	83 mm	11	13 h/day	41 %	71 %	19 km/h	27.3 °C
June	134 mm	18	14 h/day	61 %	77 %	17 km/h	28.3 °C
July	84 mm	17	13 h/day	55 %	75 %	16 km/h	29.1 °C
August	108 mm	18	13 h/day	58 %	76 %	17 km/h	29.6 °C
September	131 mm	19	12 h/day	61 %	79 %	17 km/h	29.4 °C
October	90 mm	14	12 h/day	54 %	77 %	20 km/h	28.6 °C
November	34 mm	6	11 h/day	43 %	73 %	22 km/h	27.6 °C
December	23 mm	4	11 h/day	40 %	73 %	21 km/h	26.8 °C

How Havana 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
Havana	32 °C	20 °C	801 mm	331
San Miguel del Padrón · Cuba	32 °C	20 °C	954 mm	332
Pinar del Río · Cuba	32 °C	18 °C	1,027 mm	341
Cienfuegos · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	806 mm	351
Santa Clara · Cuba	32 °C	18 °C	945 mm	330

Where Havana ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in March	11thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in April	19thof 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	43rdof 50	96/100
The warmest places in North America in October	44thof 50	29 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in February	45thof 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Havana’s climate

When is the best time to visit Havana?

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 March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Havana get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 162 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °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 Havana?

June, averaging 134 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is March with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 801 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 Havana 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
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.