Climate and average weather in Florencia

In Florencia, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around September.

Best: mid November to mid April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Florencia typically varies from 20°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 32°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Florencia for warm-weather activities is from mid November to mid April.

Hottest
Aug
31°
Coldest
Jan
20°
Wettest
Sep
164 mm
Driest
Feb
24 mm
Rain / yr
982 mm
169 wet days
Daylight
10.6–13.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
100 m
22.1°N
Clearest
Feb
38% cloud

Florencia weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid November to mid April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Florencia, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Florencia stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is August, with an average high of 31°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 20°C and high of 25°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2520
Feb2620
Mar2720
Apr2922
May2923
Jun3025
Jul3125
Aug3125
Sep3025
Oct2924
Nov2722
Dec2621

How hot and cold Florencia really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Florencia feels like about 37°C (around August 9). About 157 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan25251920
Feb26262020
Mar28272020
Apr30292222
May32292323
Jun35302425
Jul36312525
Aug37312525
Sep36302425
Oct33292424
Nov28272222
Dec26262121

Average hourly temperature in Florencia

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 20°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Florencia weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 20°265.710.87.7
Feb26° / 20°243.911.27.9
Mar27° / 20°275.711.87.5
Apr29° / 22°499.312.56.1
May29° / 23°12917.4134.6
Jun30° / 25°13520.813.33.5
Jul31° / 25°961913.23.7
Aug31° / 25°1172212.83.4
Sep30° / 25°16424.612.13.2
Oct29° / 24°13321.611.54.2
Nov27° / 22°5511.610.96.4
Dec26° / 21°286.910.77.4

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Florencia gets about 982 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.9 months, from around May 10 to Nov 5, peaking in September at about 84% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 6.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 164 mm over about 25 wet days; February is the driest, with 24 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 20 · 84%Feb 6 · 13%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan186
Feb144
Mar196
Apr309
May5617
Jun7021
Jul6219
Aug7022
Sep8225
Oct6922
Nov3912
Dec227

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Florencia collects about 982 mm of rain across 169 wet days — roughly 82 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 164 mm, while February is the driest at just 24 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec26242749129135961171641335528
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan266
Feb244
Mar276
Apr499
May12917
Jun13521
Jul9619
Aug11722
Sep16425
Oct13322
Nov5512
Dec287

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Florencia, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 5 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around May 13. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around November 4. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 62% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 18 · 85%Jun 7 · 33%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7129
Feb8218
Mar8218
Apr7822
May5743
Jun3862
Jul5050
Aug4951
Sep3961
Oct4753
Nov6535
Dec6931

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 18, brings about 13 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 10 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.87:025:49
Feb11.26:536:08
Mar11.86:306:21
Apr12.56:016:31
May13.05:406:44
Jun13.35:366:56
Jul13.25:456:58
Aug12.85:576:43
Sep12.16:066:14
Oct11.56:175:45
Nov10.96:345:29
Dec10.76:525:32

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Florencia averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Nov 17 to May 14. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 6 sunny days — about 66% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 1819 daysJun 75 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb17Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr16Bright
May11Mixed
Jun6Gloomy
Jul9Mixed
Aug9Mixed
Sep6Gloomy
Oct8Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec15Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Florencia, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around April 3 to December 1. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 2 to April 2, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 18% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 25 · 20%May 16 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan5132050120
Feb513225190
Mar3112550120
Apr131746320
May00421723
Jun00017425
Jul00006436
Aug00005248
Sep00005148
Oct00296523
Nov021232513
Dec291541330

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Florencia is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Oct 25 to May 14. The windiest month is March, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 15 to Oct 24, with September the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 10 · 14 km/hSep 20 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun11calm
Jul12calm
Aug11calm
Sep10calm
Oct12calm
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Hazard calendar for Florencia

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

Florencia'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

Best time to visit Florencia

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Florencia throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late November, Florencia is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Florencia for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to mid April, with a peak score in the first week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 7 · 8.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.7ideal
Feb7.9ideal
Mar7.4good
Apr6.1good
May4.6fair
Jun3.5fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.1poor
Oct4.2fair
Nov6.4good
Dec7.4good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Florencia for hot-weather activities is from early November to mid May, with a peak score in the last week of March.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMar 29 · 7.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Florencia, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Florencia packs about the same all year — highs hold near 31°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Florencia sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Florencia

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in January near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr26Warm
May27Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index (midday) in Florencia by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Florencia peaks around June 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 18UV 12Dec 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Florencia

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan62.5
Feb74.5
Mar7.55.5
Apr86
May8.56
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov62.5
Dec5.51

Air quality in Florencia by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Florencia is worst in July — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1321 µg/m³Dec 125 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun20Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct9Good
Nov5Good
Dec5Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Florencia is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Florencia banks about 5,616 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan384
Feb360
Mar423
Apr454
May503
Jun521
Jul552
Aug555
Sep521
Oct504
Nov431
Dec408

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Florencia receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.6 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 4 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 43% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 86.5 kWhDec 223.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.9Moderate
Feb4.7Bright
Mar5.5Bright
Apr6.3Intense
May6.1Intense
Jun6.1Intense
Jul6.4Intense
Aug6.1Intense
Sep5.4Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov3.9Moderate
Dec3.6Moderate

Where is Florencia?

Florencia sits at 22.1°N, 79.0°W, 100 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is Chambas, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Florencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Florencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m around an average of 150 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m.

The land around Florencia is covered by grassland (46%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and water (36%), grassland (28%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
377 m
16 km
422 m
80 km
788 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Chambas 8.0 km · Jatibonico 30 km · Ciro Redondo 31 km · Yaguajay 34 km · Morón 36 km · Ciego de Ávila 40 km · Venezuela 49 km · La Sierpe 52 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 Florencia (22.1459°, -78.9722°, elevation 100 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).