Camagüey weather in August

In August, Camagüey sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 121 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Camagüey's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Camagüey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
121 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:54 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
61%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Camagüey is city in Cuba.

Density
314/km²
people per km²
Founded
1514

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Camagüey reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Camagüey

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Camagüey weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°173.510.87.6
Feb29° / 19°192.911.36.9
Mar30° / 20°24511.86.1
Apr31° / 21°487.312.55.1
May31° / 23°15915.5133.9
Jun32° / 24°14418.413.33.2
Jul33° / 24°9715.713.23.3
Aug33° / 24°12117.712.73.1
Sep32° / 24°15821.612.13.0
Oct30° / 23°11718.511.54.0
Nov29° / 22°389.3115.9
Dec28° / 20°194.210.77.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Camagüey gets around 121 mm of rain over 17.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 57% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:486:47
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313.05:496:46
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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266.0Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Camagüey

In seasonPeak

In August, Camagüey sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Camagüey sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Camagüey's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Camagüey?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Camagüey.

What to pack for Camagüey in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Camagüey sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Camagüey in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Camagüey peaks around June 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 20UV 12Dec 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Camagüey in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Camagüey is worst in June — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 2322 µg/m³Dec 146 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr14Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Camagüey?

Camagüey sits at 21.4°N, 77.9°W, 102 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is Jimaguayú, 18 km away.

ColombiaGuáimaro

Topography around Camagüey

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Camagüey.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Camagüey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m.

The land around Camagüey is covered by artificial surfaces (61%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
120 m
80 km
316 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Jimaguayú 18 km · Vertientes 28 km · Minas 34 km · Florida 36 km · Sibanicú 44 km · Esmeralda 56 km · Colombia 67 km · Guáimaro 69 km

Cuba travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / L
110 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 39% of US
price level, 2011
GDP per capita
$9,605
2020
Happiness
5.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2011
Homicide rate
4.5
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
8.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 515
Religion
Christian 59%none 23%folk religion 18%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Camagüey (21.3808°, -77.9169°, elevation 102 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).