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Best time to visit Havana

January is the best time to visit Havana for general sightseeing, with average highs of 26 °C and about 5 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly November to March.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking January comfort 85/100
A beach holiday March sea 26 °C
The least cloud March 31 % average cloud cover
The least rain March 22 mm
Warmth August 32 °C
Cooler weather January 26 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 January 85 26 °C 5 94
2 February 82 27 °C 4 97
3 December 81 27 °C 4 96
4 March 78 28 °C 4 98
5 November 75 28 °C 6 92
6 April 72 30 °C 5 93
7 May 59 30 °C 11 77
8 October 57 29 °C 14 72
9 June 46 31 °C 18 66
10 July 46 32 °C 17 60
11 September 45 31 °C 19 63
12 August 43 32 °C 18 58

For a beach holiday

March scores highest, with a sea temperature of 26 °C and air temperatures around 28 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 26 °C 26 °C 42 % 94
February 26 °C 27 °C 33 % 97
March 26 °C 28 °C 31 % 98
April 27 °C 30 °C 33 % 93
May 27 °C 30 °C 41 % 77
June 28 °C 31 °C 61 % 66
July 29 °C 32 °C 55 % 60
August 30 °C 32 °C 58 % 58
September 29 °C 31 °C 61 % 63
October 29 °C 29 °C 54 % 72
November 28 °C 28 °C 43 % 92
December 27 °C 27 °C 40 % 96

When to think twice

August scores lowest with about 18 wet days and highs near 32 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

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 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.