Weather in Havana

On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are January, February, and March. Havana is in Cuba at 23.1°N. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

August is the warmest month (average 29.5°C, high 32.9°C) and January is the coolest (average 23.0°C, low 18.9°C). Rain is the monsoon runs from August to October, inside an annual total of 742 mm. The wettest month is August at 108 mm; the driest is March at 23 mm.

Best months to visit Havana

The three months with the highest comfort score are January, February, and March: January (23.0°C average, 30 mm, 74% humidity); February (24.1°C average, 29 mm, 72% humidity); March (25.1°C average, 23 mm, 68% humidity). They fall in calendar order. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the monsoon itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at August–October instead of the score.

How warm Havana gets

Monthly average highs run from 27.0°C in January to 32.9°C in August. Nights follow the same curve: 18.9°C in January and 26.0°C in August.

Mean high across all twelve months is 30.6°C and mean low is 22.8°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

Rainfall pattern

The monsoon in Havana starts in August and ends in October (August, September, and October). August is the core of it at 108 mm. March is the other extreme, with 23 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. August averages 15 such days; March averages 3.

The calendar in Havana

January is the coolest month, with lows around 18.9°C and highs near 27.0°C. Rainfall is 30 mm. March is the driest month, averaging only 23 mm across 3 rainy days. Highs sit near 29.8°C.

The monsoon opens in August. Expect 108 mm and 15 rainy days, with nights around 26.0°C.

How Havana compares inside Cuba

Havana is the only Cuba city in this dataset, so the figures on this page are the national sample we publish. They still come from the same NASA POWER daily series (2001–2020) used everywhere else on the site.