Camagüey weather in January

In January, Camagüey sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Camagüey's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Camagüey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
6:56 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover
42%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
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 January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Camagüey reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Camagüey

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Camagüey weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Camagüey gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 12% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 59% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1511175710
251117589
351118579
451118588
551118597
651119587
751119596
851120586
961120585
1061121575
1161121584
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1361222564
1461322563
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.76:535:36
210.76:545:37
310.76:545:38
410.76:545:38
510.76:545:39
610.76:555:39
710.86:555:40
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.11 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 — January's 4.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
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64.0Moderate
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84.0Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Bright
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264.3Bright
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284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Camagüey

In seasonPeak

None of Camagüey's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Camagüey?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Camagüey for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Camagüey in January

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

In January, Camagüey sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Camagüey in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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 January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January 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
January 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).