Holguín climate

Name: Holguín
Address: CU

Holguín is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (135 mm) and February the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Holguín averages 904 mm of rain and 353 days above 25 °C.

Cuba · population 319,102 · 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 February 20 °C
Driest month February 24 mm
Wettest month September 135 mm
Least cloud February 33 % cloud
Hottest on record April 38 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectHolguín through the year

Holguín has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in February to 33 °C in August, a swing of 4.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 353 days a year reach 25 °C, 198 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 135 mm against 24 mm in February — 5.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.7 °C	27 mm	39 %
February	28.6 °C	24 mm	33 %
March	29.4 °C	36 mm	36 %
April	30.4 °C	58 mm	39 %
May	30.7 °C	130 mm	53 %
June	31.6 °C	114 mm	63 %
July	32.5 °C	61 mm	50 %
August	32.8 °C	84 mm	54 %
September	31.6 °C	135 mm	60 %
October	30.0 °C	127 mm	60 %
November	28.1 °C	70 mm	50 %
December	27.5 °C	38 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.7 °C	20.3 °C	23.3 °C	33.1 °C	12.4 °C	27	4
February	28.6 °C	20.3 °C	23.6 °C	33.9 °C	13.9 °C	26	8
March	29.4 °C	20.6 °C	24.2 °C	35.6 °C	14.6 °C	29	13
April	30.4 °C	21.6 °C	25.3 °C	38.2 °C	15.8 °C	30	17
May	30.7 °C	22.7 °C	25.9 °C	36.5 °C	17.3 °C	31	19
June	31.6 °C	23.9 °C	27.0 °C	36.4 °C	21.2 °C	30	26
July	32.5 °C	24.5 °C	27.8 °C	36.2 °C	22.2 °C	31	30
August	32.8 °C	24.6 °C	27.8 °C	36.4 °C	22.4 °C	31	30
September	31.6 °C	24.0 °C	27.0 °C	35.6 °C	21.1 °C	30	27
October	30.0 °C	23.3 °C	25.9 °C	35.2 °C	18.7 °C	31	16
November	28.1 °C	22.1 °C	24.5 °C	33.1 °C	16.3 °C	29	4
December	27.5 °C	21.1 °C	23.7 °C	33.3 °C	14.2 °C	28	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	27 mm	7	11 h/day	39 %	76 %	20 km/h
February	24 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	73 %	20 km/h
March	36 mm	8	12 h/day	36 %	71 %	21 km/h
April	58 mm	10	13 h/day	39 %	71 %	20 km/h
May	130 mm	17	13 h/day	53 %	77 %	18 km/h
June	114 mm	16	13 h/day	63 %	79 %	17 km/h
July	61 mm	14	13 h/day	50 %	75 %	20 km/h
August	84 mm	16	13 h/day	54 %	76 %	19 km/h
September	135 mm	20	12 h/day	60 %	80 %	16 km/h
October	127 mm	19	12 h/day	60 %	83 %	16 km/h
November	70 mm	14	11 h/day	50 %	81 %	19 km/h
December	38 mm	8	11 h/day	42 %	79 %	20 km/h

How Holguín 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
Holguín	33 °C	20 °C	904 mm	353
Bayamo · Cuba	34 °C	19 °C	1,110 mm	361
Las Tunas · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	356
Santiago de Cuba · Cuba	32 °C	21 °C	789 mm	363
Guantánamo · Cuba	34 °C	20 °C	847 mm	364
Camagüey · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	963 mm	355
Kingston · Jamaica	31 °C	21 °C	895 mm	364

Where Holguín ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America year-round	28th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	30th of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in October	30th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	35th of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in September	37th of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in December	39th of 50	28 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Holguín’s climate

When is the best time to visit Holguín?

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

How hot does Holguín get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 198 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 February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Holguín?

September, averaging 135 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is February with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 904 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 Holguín 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: 20.887°, -76.263° (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.