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Havana weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Cuba's capital curves around its harbour on the Straits of Florida, shaped by warm offshore currents and Atlantic trade winds: a sunny tropical city with a reliable dry winter and a wetter, more storm-prone summer half of the year. Havana weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, records and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

+3.9°Chigh well above average

32° / 27°Today
28° / 25°Average
see today in detail →

How it's changed

+0.6°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–4947days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 17 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 17 in the 1940s+0.6°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 50 mmhigh 24°low 21°February, rain 45 mmhigh 25°low 21°March, rain 33 mmhigh 26°low 22°April, rain 31 mmhigh 27°low 23°May, rain 69 mmhigh 28°low 25°June, rain 99 mmhigh 29°low 26°July, rain 55 mmhigh 29°low 26°August, rain 76 mmhigh 29°low 27°September, rain 110 mmhigh 29°low 26°October, rain 108 mmhigh 27°low 25°November, rain 61 mmhigh 26°low 24°December, rain 50 mmhigh 25°low 22°wettest month September, 110 mm · 786 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Partly cloudy

Right now

26.7°

33°feels like
92%humidity
25°dew point
5 km/hfrom E
UV index0.0
sunrise07:25sunset19:06day length11h 41m
TodayPartly cloudy32°27°
TueShowers30°26°
WedPartly cloudy31°25°
ThuOvercast34°25°
FriOvercast34°26°
SatOvercast32°26°
SunPartly cloudy34°26°

On this date: October 12

Today (forecast)
32° / 27°
Average for October 12
28° / 25°

High well above average · +3.9°C

  • Record high: 30.7° · 2023
  • Record low: 23.0° · 1955
  • One year ago: 27° / 26°

Every October 12 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 12 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Havana is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 23.13°N, 82.38°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
23.13°N, 82.38°W
Time zone
America/Havana
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

26 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +0.8°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

Havana curves around its natural harbour on Cuba's northern coast along the Straits of Florida, with a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) shaped by warm offshore currents and the Atlantic trade winds. The city has two broad seasons: a drier, slightly cooler winter from around November through April, and a wetter, hotter summer from May through October when both rainfall and humidity peak. June and early autumn are typically the wettest months, while December to April is the driest stretch.

Although Havana's north-coast position provides some shelter from Caribbean storms, the hurricane season runs from June through November. Hurricane Ian in 2022 was among the most recent to affect the Havana region. More unusually, in late January 2019 a rare EF4-rated tornado, the most powerful Cuba had seen in eighty years, struck eastern Havana, causing extensive damage, multiple fatalities and nearly 200 injuries.

August brings the year's peak warmth, with afternoons typically reaching 29.5°C and nights around 26.6°C. In January, the coolest month, afternoons reach about 24.4°C and nights dip to 21.4°C.

Havana picks up roughly 786 mm a year, with a peak of 110 mm in September and as little as 31 mm in April.

Comparing the record's first decade with its most recent one, Havana now averages 0.6°C warmer than it did in the 1940s. The count of days past 30°C has risen from roughly 15 a year to 45 between the record's first and last decades.

Sources:en.wikipedia.orgbritannica.com

Climate graph (climograph)

August is the warmest month, January the coolest: a yearly swing of 5°C. Wettest month: September (~110 mm). Whole year averages ~786 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Havana month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Record high/low are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightRecord highRecord low
January24.4°21.4°50 mm10.7 h28.7° (1991)13.2° (2003)
February24.7°21.5°45 mm11.2 h29.9° (1962)13.2° (1996)
March25.6°22.2°33 mm11.8 h29.9° (1948)14.5° (1980)
April26.6°23.5°31 mm12.5 h31.0° (2020)17.3° (1950)
May27.5°24.7°69 mm13.1 h31.5° (2024)20.3° (1992)
June28.6°25.8°99 mm13.4 h32.6° (1998)22.8° (1976)
July29.4°26.5°55 mm13.3 h33.2° (2023)24.0° (1990)
August29.5°26.6°76 mm12.8 h32.5° (2023)23.6° (1967)
September28.8°26.1°110 mm12.1 h31.8° (1998)23.1° (1983)
October27.5°25.2°108 mm11.4 h31.4° (2009)20.1° (2008)
November26.1°23.8°61 mm10.9 h29.7° (2002)15.3° (1959)
December25.1°22.4°50 mm10.6 h29.2° (2023)14.5° (1980)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +0.6°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.07°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Sep–Nov is warming fastest: +0.09°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 30°C per year: 17.3 early in the record → 47.0 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

All-time high in 2023, all-time low in 2003: 33.2°C / 13.2°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~786 mm/year on average. Last decade: +1% vs that average. Long-term trend: +6 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Havana

Which is the warmest month in Havana?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Havana is August (mean daily temperature of about 27.9°C) and the coolest is January (about 22.7°C).
How does today's temperature in Havana compare to the historical average?
On October 12, 2026, Havana is forecast to reach a high of 31.5°C and a low of 26.5°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 27.6°C and a low of 25.4°C, so today's high is 3.9°C warmer than that average.
How much has Havana warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Havana is about 0.6°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Havana?
Havana receives about 786 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with September typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Havana?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Havana is about 25.4°C. The warmest month is August and the coolest is January.
What are the average temperatures in Havana by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Havana (°C, full record since 1940): January 24°/21°, February 25°/21°, March 26°/22°, April 27°/23°, May 28°/25°, June 29°/26°, July 29°/26°, August 29°/27°, September 29°/26°, October 27°/25°, November 26°/24°, December 25°/22°.

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