San Miguel del Padrón climate
San Miguel del Padrón is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. June is the wettest month (166 mm) and December the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year San Miguel del Padrón averages 954 mm of rain and 332 days above 25 °C.
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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 December 23 mm
- Wettest month June 166 mm
- Least cloud March 33 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 37 °C
- Coldest on record February 12 °C
- Warmest sea August 30 °C
What to expectSan Miguel del Padrón through the year
San Miguel del Padrón 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, 332 days a year reach 25 °C, 168 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 166 mm against 23 mm in December — 7.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off San Miguel del Padrón 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 | 30 mm | 42 % |
| February | 27.0 °C | 29 mm | 33 % |
| March | 28.2 °C | 24 mm | 33 % |
| April | 29.9 °C | 40 mm | 34 % |
| May | 30.6 °C | 99 mm | 43 % |
| June | 31.0 °C | 166 mm | 62 % |
| July | 31.9 °C | 113 mm | 55 % |
| August | 32.0 °C | 135 mm | 59 % |
| September | 30.8 °C | 158 mm | 62 % |
| October | 29.3 °C | 102 mm | 55 % |
| November | 27.5 °C | 36 mm | 44 % |
| December | 26.6 °C | 23 mm | 41 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9 °C | 19.6 °C | 22.2 °C | 32.0 °C | 12.2 °C | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 27.0 °C | 19.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 31.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 28.2 °C | 20.5 °C | 23.8 °C | 33.2 °C | 13.9 °C | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| April | 29.9 °C | 22.1 °C | 25.5 °C | 36.8 °C | 14.8 °C | 29 | 16 | 0 |
| May | 30.6 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.6 °C | 35.2 °C | 18.0 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| June | 31.0 °C | 24.7 °C | 27.4 °C | 35.4 °C | 22.0 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| July | 31.9 °C | 25.2 °C | 28.1 °C | 35.6 °C | 22.5 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| August | 32.0 °C | 25.5 °C | 28.2 °C | 35.8 °C | 23.2 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| September | 30.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 27.3 °C | 34.6 °C | 21.8 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| October | 29.3 °C | 24.0 °C | 26.2 °C | 33.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| November | 27.5 °C | 22.2 °C | 24.4 °C | 32.7 °C | 14.8 °C | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| December | 26.6 °C | 20.8 °C | 23.2 °C | 31.6 °C | 12.7 °C | 24 | 2 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 42 % | 72 % | 19 km/h | 26.0 °C |
| February | 29 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 33 % | 71 % | 19 km/h | 25.8 °C |
| March | 24 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 33 % | 67 % | 20 km/h | 25.8 °C |
| April | 40 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 34 % | 67 % | 19 km/h | 26.5 °C |
| May | 99 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 43 % | 71 % | 17 km/h | 27.3 °C |
| June | 166 mm | 21 | 14 h/day | 62 % | 78 % | 15 km/h | 28.3 °C |
| July | 113 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 55 % | 76 % | 15 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| August | 135 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 59 % | 76 % | 15 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| September | 158 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 62 % | 80 % | 15 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| October | 102 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 78 % | 18 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| November | 36 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 44 % | 73 % | 20 km/h | 27.6 °C |
| December | 23 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 41 % | 73 % | 19 km/h | 26.8 °C |
How San Miguel del Padrón 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel del Padrón | 32 °C | 20 °C | 954 mm | 332 |
| Havana · Cuba | 32 °C | 20 °C | 801 mm | 331 |
| 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 San Miguel del Padrón ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best beach destinations in the world in March | 18th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world in February | 36th of 50 | 98/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world in December | 41st of 50 | 96/100 |
| The warmest places in North America in October | 46th of 50 | 29 °C |
| Best beach destinations in the world in April | 49th of 50 | 89/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit San Miguel del Padrón.
QuestionsCommon questions about San Miguel del Padrón’s climate
When is the best time to visit San Miguel del Padrón?
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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does San Miguel del Padrón get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 168 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 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in San Miguel del Padrón?
June, averaging 166 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 954 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 San Miguel del Padrón 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
- 23.095°, -82.327° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.