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Best time to visit Havana

Cuba · 23.11°N 82.37°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

The best time to visit Havana is April to May, July to August and October to November, when mean temperatures run from 25 °C77 °F to 28 °C82 °F and rainfall runs 64–152 mm2.5–6.0 in a month.

The rainy season runs May to October, and June and September is a true monsoon — 184–200 mm7.2–7.9 in a month, peaking in June at 200 mm7.9 in. August is the hottest month at 28 °C82 °F and January the coldest at 22 °C72 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 23.11, -82.37 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Havana weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: April to May, July to August and October to November.

Open Havana on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
22°72°JAN642.523°73°FEB562.224°74°MAR481.925°77°APR642.527°80°MAY1204.727°81°JUN2007.928°82°JUL1445.728°82°AUG1365.428°82°SEP1847.226°79°OCT1526.025°76°NOV803.123°73°DEC562.2
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Havana's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January642.52272showerstoo cold
February562.22373drytoo cold
March481.92474drytoo cold
April642.52577showersgood
May1204.72780rainygood
June2007.92781monsoonmonsoon
July1445.72882rainygood
August1365.42882rainygood
September1847.22882monsoonmonsoon
October1526.02679rainygood
November803.12576showersgood
December562.22373drytoo cold

When to go to Havana, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersDecember to March
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonApril to May, July to August and October to November
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersApril and November
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Havana?

Yes. The rainy season runs May to October, and June and September is a true monsoon — 184–200 mm7.2–7.9 in a month, peaking in June at 200 mm7.9 in. Outside it, February to March and December is dry.

August is the hottest month at 28 °C82 °F and January the coldest at 22 °C72 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,304 mm51 in.

Where to go instead when Havana doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Havana doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.