Climate and average weather in Nuevitas

In Nuevitas, 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 Nuevitas typically varies from 21°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 34°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Aug
33°
Coldest
Jan
21°
Wettest
Sep
156 mm
Driest
Feb
21 mm
Rain / yr
923 mm
154 wet days
Daylight
10.7–13.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
17 m
21.5°N
Clearest
Feb
38% cloud

Nuevitas 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 Nuevitas, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Nuevitas stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is August, with an average high of 33°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 21°C and high of 27°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2721
Feb2821
Mar2921
Apr3023
May3124
Jun3225
Jul3226
Aug3326
Sep3225
Oct3024
Nov2823
Dec2822

How hot and cold Nuevitas 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, Nuevitas feels like about 39°C (around August 26). About 200 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan28272121
Feb29282121
Mar30292121
Apr32302223
May34312424
Jun37322525
Jul38322526
Aug39332526
Sep38322525
Oct35302424
Nov31282323
Dec29282222

Average hourly temperature in Nuevitas

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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 21°C.

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

Nuevitas 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° / 21°286.810.87.2
Feb28° / 21°214.111.37.3
Mar29° / 21°316.511.86.4
Apr30° / 23°438.812.55.4
May31° / 24°12815.6134.1
Jun32° / 25°11216.413.33.4
Jul32° / 26°7515.213.23.4
Aug33° / 26°9516.712.73.2
Sep32° / 25°15621.412.12.9
Oct30° / 24°13520.611.53.7
Nov28° / 23°6613.4115.5
Dec28° / 22°358.310.76.9

Chance of rain

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

Nuevitas gets about 923 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 6.4 months, from around May 10 to Nov 21, peaking in September at about 75% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 15.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 156 mm over about 21 wet days; February is the driest, with 21 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 22 · 75%Feb 15 · 15%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan217
Feb154
Mar217
Apr299
May5116
Jun5516
Jul4815
Aug5417
Sep7221
Oct6621
Nov4513
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nuevitas collects about 923 mm of rain across 154 wet days — roughly 77 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 156 mm, while February is the driest at just 21 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 45% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2821314312811275951561356635
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan287
Feb214
Mar317
Apr439
May12816
Jun11216
Jul7515
Aug9517
Sep15621
Oct13521
Nov6613
Dec358

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Nuevitas, 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 10 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around May 12. 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 13 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around November 9. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 58% 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 22 · 84%Jun 6 · 34%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7228
Feb8218
Mar8020
Apr7822
May5644
Jun4258
Jul5644
Aug5545
Sep4555
Oct4852
Nov6436
Dec7228

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 6, 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)
Jan10.86:545:43
Feb11.36:466:02
Mar11.86:236:14
Apr12.55:546:24
May13.05:356:36
Jun13.35:306:48
Jul13.25:396:51
Aug12.75:516:36
Sep12.16:006:07
Oct11.56:095:39
Nov11.06:265:23
Dec10.76:445:26

Sunny days

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

Nuevitas 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 5.5 months, from around Nov 27 to May 13. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 8 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 2019 daysJun 45 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr16Bright
May11Mixed
Jun8Gloomy
Jul12Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep8Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov11Mixed
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.

Nuevitas is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 96% of the time. Even in February, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 13% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 10 · 14%May 17 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortablecomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan2101852180
Feb2122156100
Mar182357110
Apr021551320
May00321688
Jun00016633
Jul00007128
Aug00006238
Sep00004852
Oct00165836
Nov01826596
Dec151338440

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 Nuevitas is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Oct 31 to May 10. The windiest month is December, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 8 to Oct 30, with September the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 31 · 13 km/hSep 25 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul12light breeze
Aug11calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Hazard calendar for Nuevitas

In seasonPeak

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

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

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Nuevitas

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late March, Nuevitas 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 Nuevitas for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to late March, with a peak score in the first week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 7 · 7.5

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
Jan7.2good
Feb7.3good
Mar6.4good
Apr5.4fair
May4.1fair
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.2poor
Sep3.0poor
Oct3.7fair
Nov5.5fair
Dec6.9good

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 Nuevitas for hot-weather activities is from late November to early May, with a peak score in the last week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 23 · 8.1

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 Nuevitas, 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.

Nuevitas packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°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, Nuevitas sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Nuevitas

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 17 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr26Warm
May27Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in Nuevitas 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 Nuevitas peaks around June 21 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 21UV 12Dec 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Nuevitas

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)
Jan63
Feb6.54
Mar7.55.5
Apr85.5
May86
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov62.5
Dec5.51.5

Air quality in Nuevitas 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 Nuevitas is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 2322 µg/m³Dec 186 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May12Good
Jun22Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Nuevitas 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. Nuevitas banks about 6,061 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)
Jan435
Feb401
Mar464
Apr486
May532
Jun549
Jul587
Aug591
Sep552
Oct537
Nov471
Dec455

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.

Nuevitas receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.6 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 9 to Sep 24. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 44% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 66.6 kWhDec 193.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.9Moderate
Feb4.7Bright
Mar5.4Bright
Apr6.1Intense
May6.0Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.6Intense
Aug6.2Intense
Sep5.5Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov3.9Moderate
Dec3.6Moderate

Where is Nuevitas?

Nuevitas sits at 21.5°N, 77.3°W, 17 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is Minas, 36 km away.

ColombiaJimaguayúCamagüeyJobaboLas Tunas

Topography around Nuevitas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nuevitas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m.

The land around Nuevitas is covered by water (37%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), water (35%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
68 m
80 km
317 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Minas 36 km · Sibanicú 44 km · Guáimaro 55 km · Colombia 64 km · Jimaguayú 67 km · Camagüey 70 km · Jobabo 71 km · Las Tunas 73 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 Nuevitas (21.5445°, -77.2649°, elevation 17 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).