Pinar del Río climate

Name: Pinar del Río
Address: CU

Pinar del Río is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. September is the wettest month (180 mm) and March the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pinar del Río averages 1,027 mm of rain and 341 days above 25 °C.

Cuba · population 186,990 · 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 July 32 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month March 25 mm
Wettest month September 180 mm
Least cloud March 33 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record February 9.5 °C

What to expectPinar del Río through the year

Pinar del Río has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 5.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 341 days a year reach 25 °C, 171 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 180 mm against 25 mm in March — 7.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.1 °C	35 mm	40 %
February	27.4 °C	26 mm	33 %
March	28.7 °C	25 mm	33 %
April	30.7 °C	36 mm	36 %
May	31.2 °C	113 mm	44 %
June	31.0 °C	177 mm	63 %
July	31.9 °C	119 mm	57 %
August	31.8 °C	145 mm	61 %
September	30.7 °C	180 mm	63 %
October	29.4 °C	114 mm	55 %
November	27.9 °C	30 mm	42 %
December	26.8 °C	25 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.1 °C	18.2 °C	21.6 °C	31.0 °C	10.4 °C	22	0
February	27.4 °C	18.6 °C	22.3 °C	32.5 °C	9.5 °C	24	2
March	28.7 °C	19.5 °C	23.6 °C	33.6 °C	12.0 °C	29	9
April	30.7 °C	21.2 °C	25.5 °C	35.8 °C	14.1 °C	30	21
May	31.2 °C	22.8 °C	26.5 °C	35.5 °C	16.5 °C	31	24
June	31.0 °C	24.0 °C	26.9 °C	36.5 °C	21.5 °C	30	23
July	31.9 °C	24.2 °C	27.5 °C	37.0 °C	20.7 °C	31	29
August	31.8 °C	24.4 °C	27.4 °C	35.6 °C	22.4 °C	31	28
September	30.7 °C	24.0 °C	26.6 °C	34.1 °C	20.6 °C	30	23
October	29.4 °C	23.0 °C	25.5 °C	33.4 °C	16.4 °C	31	11
November	27.9 °C	20.7 °C	23.7 °C	31.8 °C	12.6 °C	28	3
December	26.8 °C	19.3 °C	22.4 °C	30.6 °C	11.8 °C	25	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	76 %	16 km/h
February	26 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	74 %	16 km/h
March	25 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	70 %	17 km/h
April	36 mm	6	13 h/day	36 %	69 %	16 km/h
May	113 mm	14	13 h/day	44 %	74 %	14 km/h
June	177 mm	21	14 h/day	63 %	82 %	13 km/h
July	119 mm	21	13 h/day	57 %	80 %	11 km/h
August	145 mm	22	13 h/day	61 %	81 %	12 km/h
September	180 mm	23	12 h/day	63 %	85 %	12 km/h
October	114 mm	15	12 h/day	55 %	82 %	15 km/h
November	30 mm	5	11 h/day	42 %	78 %	16 km/h
December	25 mm	4	11 h/day	39 %	77 %	16 km/h

How Pinar del Río 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
Pinar del Río	32 °C	18 °C	1,027 mm	341
Havana · Cuba	32 °C	20 °C	801 mm	331
San Miguel del Padrón · Cuba	32 °C	20 °C	954 mm	332
Cienfuegos · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	806 mm	351
Cancún · Mexico	30 °C	22 °C	1,217 mm	332

Where Pinar del Río ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in October	42ndof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	43rdof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in April	50thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	50thof 50	27 °C
The warmest places in North America in May	50thof 50	31 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pinar del Río.

QuestionsCommon questions about Pinar del Río’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pinar del Río?

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, July is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Pinar del Río get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 171 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pinar del Río?

September, averaging 180 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is March with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,027 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 Pinar del Río 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.