Climate and average weather in Jatibonico

In Jatibonico, 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: early January to late March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Jatibonico typically varies from 18°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 34°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Jatibonico for warm-weather activities are from early January to late March and mid November to late December.

Hottest
Jul
32°
Coldest
Jan
18°
Wettest
Sep
159 mm
Driest
Jan
20 mm
Rain / yr
949 mm
158 wet days
Daylight
10.7–13.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
94 m
21.9°N
Clearest
Feb
36% cloud

Jatibonico 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 early January to late March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Jatibonico stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is July, with an average high of 32°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 18°C and high of 27°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2718
Feb2818
Mar2919
Apr3021
May3122
Jun3123
Jul3224
Aug3224
Sep3123
Oct3023
Nov2821
Dec2719

How hot and cold Jatibonico 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, Jatibonico feels like about 37°C (around August 8). About 184 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)
Jan27271818
Feb28281818
Mar29291919
Apr32302121
May33312222
Jun35312323
Jul36322424
Aug37322424
Sep35312323
Oct33302323
Nov30282121
Dec28271919

Average hourly temperature in Jatibonico

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 July afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 18°C.

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

Jatibonico 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
Jan27° / 18°204.510.87.6
Feb28° / 18°213.611.27.5
Mar29° / 19°234.711.86.5
Apr30° / 21°457.912.55.3
May31° / 22°13316.7134.0
Jun31° / 23°13620.413.33.2
Jul32° / 24°10219.113.23.1
Aug32° / 24°12521.412.82.9
Sep31° / 23°15923.812.13.0
Oct30° / 23°12019.911.54.0
Nov28° / 21°4410.2116.2
Dec27° / 19°215.310.77.4

Chance of rain

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

Jatibonico gets about 949 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around May 11 to Oct 31, peaking in September at about 81% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 1.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 159 mm over about 24 wet days; January is the driest, with 20 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 18 · 81%Feb 1 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan155
Feb134
Mar165
Apr268
May5317
Jun6820
Jul6219
Aug6821
Sep7924
Oct6420
Nov3410
Dec185

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Jatibonico collects about 949 mm of rain across 158 wet days — roughly 79 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 159 mm, while January is the driest at just 20 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 45% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec202123451331361021251591204421
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan205
Feb214
Mar235
Apr458
May13317
Jun13620
Jul10219
Aug12521
Sep15924
Oct12020
Nov4410
Dec215

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Jatibonico, 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 84% 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 65% 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 · 86%Jun 8 · 31%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7426
Feb8416
Mar8218
Apr7822
May5644
Jun3565
Jul4654
Aug4753
Sep3763
Oct4654
Nov6535
Dec7129

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 3, brings about 13 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.87:025:50
Feb11.26:546:09
Mar11.86:316:22
Apr12.56:026:32
May13.05:426:44
Jun13.35:376:57
Jul13.25:466:59
Aug12.85:586:44
Sep12.16:076:15
Oct11.56:175:46
Nov11.06:345:30
Dec10.76:535:33

Sunny days

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

Jatibonico averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Nov 10 to May 14. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 5 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 1719 daysJun 84 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb17Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr15Bright
May10Mixed
Jun5Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
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 Jatibonico, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.5 months, from around April 17 to December 1. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 2 to April 16, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 25% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 28 · 29%May 24 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan817254920
Feb917284410
Mar617334130
Apr182651130
May01937530
Jun0003943
Jul0001954
Aug0001936
Sep0000918
Oct01312804
Nov051636420
Dec4111952140

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 Jatibonico is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Oct 23 to May 12. The windiest month is November, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 13 to Oct 22, with September the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeNov 15 · 13 km/hSep 18 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr12calm
May11calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec12light breeze

Hazard calendar for Jatibonico

In seasonPeak

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

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

Jatibonico'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 Jatibonico

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid March, Jatibonico is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Jatibonico for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to late March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 30 · 7.8

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
Jan7.6ideal
Feb7.5good
Mar6.5good
Apr5.3fair
May4.0fair
Jun3.2poor
Jul3.1poor
Aug3.0poor
Sep3.0poor
Oct4.0fair
Nov6.2good
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 Jatibonico for hot-weather activities is from early November to early May, with a peak score in the third week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 19 · 8.2

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 Jatibonico, 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.

Jatibonico packs about the same all year — highs hold near 32°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 July, Jatibonico sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Jatibonico

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 41 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°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index (midday) in Jatibonico 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 Jatibonico peaks around June 16 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 16UV 12Dec 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Jatibonico

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 Jatibonico 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 Jatibonico is worst in June — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 2323 µg/m³Nov 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar12Good
Apr13Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Jatibonico 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. Jatibonico banks about 5,642 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)
Jan386
Feb364
Mar431
Apr465
May510
Jun520
Jul556
Aug558
Sep517
Oct499
Nov429
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.

Jatibonico receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 1 to Sep 17. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.8 kWh/m² — roughly 41% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 86.4 kWhDec 213.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.0Moderate
Feb4.8Bright
Mar5.6Bright
Apr6.3Intense
May6.1Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.4Intense
Aug6.0Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov4.0Moderate
Dec3.8Moderate

Where is Jatibonico?

Jatibonico sits at 21.9°N, 79.2°W, 94 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is La Sierpe, 22 km away.

Topography around Jatibonico

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jatibonico has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 78 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 327 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m.

The land around Jatibonico is covered by grassland (56%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (34%), trees (28%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
327 m
80 km
788 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: La Sierpe 22 km · Sancti Spíritus 28 km · Florencia 30 km · Cabaiguán 37 km · Chambas 38 km · Yaguajay 43 km · Ciego de Ávila 43 km · Venezuela 45 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 Jatibonico (21.9433°, -79.1675°, elevation 94 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).