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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Guantánamo
Guantánamo climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,139 mm112 wet days a year
20.14° N, 75.21° WElevation 56 mUTC−4 · Cuba Daylight Time
When to goGuantánamo · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low31° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Guantánamo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,139 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (155 mm, 16 wet days) and February the driest (36 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in February to 38% in June.
Compared with Havana, the capital, Guantánamo is 2.2° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- 21° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 15% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 55 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 34° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° |
| Average low | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 28 mm | 36 mm | 62 mm | 98 mm | 168 mm | 124 mm | 103 mm | 112 mm | 147 mm | 155 mm | 68 mm | 38 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.8 | 12 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 6.7 |
| Cloud cover | 16% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 29% | 38% | 31% | 34% | 37% | 34% | 27% | 20% |
| Daylight | 11h 03 | 11h 29 | 12h 01 | 12h 36 | 13h 05 | 13h 21 | 13h 14 | 12h 49 | 12h 16 | 11h 42 | 11h 11 | 10h 55 |
| Month score | 75 | 74 | 70 | 60 | 44 | 33 | 43 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 54 | 67 |
ivMonth by month
Guantánamo in every month
January75
29° / 21°
28 mm · 3.2 wet days
February74
30° / 21°
36 mm · 2.8 wet days
March70
30° / 21°
62 mm · 4 wet days
April60
31° / 22°
98 mm · 6.8 wet days
May44
31° / 23°
168 mm · 12.5 wet days
June33
32° / 24°
124 mm · 14.5 wet days
July43
34° / 25°
103 mm · 8.8 wet days
August35
33° / 25°
112 mm · 12 wet days
September35
32° / 25°
147 mm · 13.2 wet days
October41
31° / 24°
155 mm · 16.3 wet days
November54
30° / 23°
68 mm · 10.8 wet days
December67
29° / 22°
38 mm · 6.7 wet days