Climate and average weather in Pedro Betancourt

In Pedro Betancourt, 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 June.

Best: mid November to late March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Pedro Betancourt typically varies from 18°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 13°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 time of year to visit Pedro Betancourt for warm-weather activities is from mid November to late March.

Hottest
Jul
33°
Coldest
Jan
18°
Wettest
Jun
167 mm
Driest
Dec
17 mm
Rain / yr
937 mm
138 wet days
Daylight
10.6–13.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
15 m
22.7°N
Clearest
Feb
36% cloud

Pedro Betancourt 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 late March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Pedro Betancourt stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is July, with an average high of 33°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 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2718
Feb2818
Mar2919
Apr3121
May3122
Jun3224
Jul3324
Aug3324
Sep3224
Oct3023
Nov2820
Dec2719

How hot and cold Pedro Betancourt 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, Pedro Betancourt feels like about 38°C (around August 14). About 188 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan27271818
Feb28281818
Mar30291919
Apr32312121
May34312222
Jun36322424
Jul37332424
Aug37332424
Sep36322324
Oct33302323
Nov30282020
Dec28271919

Average hourly temperature in Pedro Betancourt

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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 18°C.

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

Pedro Betancourt 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°233.610.87.7
Feb28° / 18°192.911.27.5
Mar29° / 19°213.911.86.4
Apr31° / 21°406.112.55.1
May31° / 22°11914.313.14.0
Jun32° / 24°16720.713.43.0
Jul33° / 24°11218.913.33.0
Aug33° / 24°13520.412.82.9
Sep32° / 24°14921.912.13.0
Oct30° / 23°10316.311.54.3
Nov28° / 20°325.910.96.7
Dec27° / 19°173.510.67.6

Chance of rain

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

Pedro Betancourt gets about 937 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 5.5 months, from around May 12 to Oct 26, peaking in September at about 74% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 5.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 167 mm over about 21 wet days; December is the driest, with 17 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 7 · 74%Feb 5 · 10%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan114
Feb103
Mar134
Apr206
May4714
Jun6721
Jul6219
Aug6520
Sep7322
Oct5316
Nov206
Dec124

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Pedro Betancourt collects about 937 mm of rain across 138 wet days — roughly 78 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 167 mm, while December is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 48% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec231921401191671121351491033217
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan234
Feb193
Mar214
Apr406
May11914
Jun16721
Jul11219
Aug13520
Sep14922
Oct10316
Nov326
Dec174

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Pedro Betancourt, 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 1 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around May 17. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 18 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around October 31. 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 17 · 83%Jun 10 · 35%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7030
Feb8119
Mar7921
Apr7624
May6139
Jun3862
Jul4654
Aug4555
Sep4159
Oct5149
Nov6832
Dec7030

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 9, brings about 13 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, 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)
Jan10.87:125:57
Feb11.27:036:16
Mar11.86:406:30
Apr12.56:106:41
May13.15:496:54
Jun13.45:447:07
Jul13.35:537:09
Aug12.86:066:53
Sep12.16:166:23
Oct11.56:265:54
Nov10.96:445:37
Dec10.67:035:40

Sunny days

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

Pedro Betancourt averages about 12 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 6.6 months, from around Oct 29 to May 16. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 5 sunny days — about 73% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 1819 daysJun 94 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb17Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr15Bright
May11Mixed
Jun5Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct10Mixed
Nov14Mixed
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 Pedro Betancourt, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around April 25 to November 20. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 21 to April 24, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 32% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 26 · 35%Jun 2 · 0%miserablehumidmuggyoppressivecomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan1517274020
Feb1418293810
Mar1019333530
Apr3132845120
May031039471
Jun0005905
Jul0001927
Aug00008812
Sep00018712
Oct01617715
Nov192137320
Dec8142346100

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 Pedro Betancourt is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Oct 17 to May 13. The windiest month is November, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 14 to Oct 16, with September the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeNov 10 · 12 km/hSep 8 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb12calm
Mar12calm
Apr11calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct11calm
Nov12light breeze
Dec12calm

Hazard calendar for Pedro Betancourt

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pedro Betancourt'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 Pedro Betancourt

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 1 · 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
Jan7.7ideal
Feb7.5good
Mar6.4good
Apr5.1fair
May4.0fair
Jun3.0poor
Jul3.0poor
Aug2.9poor
Sep3.0poor
Oct4.3fair
Nov6.7good
Dec7.6ideal

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 26 · 8.4

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 Pedro Betancourt, 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.

Pedro Betancourt 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 July, Pedro Betancourt sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Pedro Betancourt

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 36 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in January near 24°C.

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

22°24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Warm
Feb24Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index (midday) in Pedro Betancourt 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 Pedro Betancourt peaks around June 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 17UV 12Dec 16UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Pedro Betancourt

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)
Jan5.52
Feb6.54
Mar7.55
Apr85.5
May86
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov5.52
Dec50

Air quality in Pedro Betancourt 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 Pedro Betancourt is worst in July — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1221 µg/m³Dec 116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr12Good
May12Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Pedro Betancourt 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. Pedro Betancourt banks about 5,691 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)
Jan379
Feb362
Mar435
Apr473
May520
Jun530
Jul563
Aug566
Sep525
Oct505
Nov429
Dec405

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.

Pedro Betancourt receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 2 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 42% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 146.5 kWhDec 193.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.9Moderate
Feb4.8Bright
Mar5.7Bright
Apr6.4Intense
May6.3Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug6.1Intense
Sep5.4Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov4.0Bright
Dec3.8Moderate

Where is Pedro Betancourt?

Pedro Betancourt sits at 22.7°N, 81.3°W, 15 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is Jovellanos, 13 km away.

Topography around Pedro Betancourt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pedro Betancourt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 365 m.

The land around Pedro Betancourt is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (38%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), trees (32%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (29%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
309 m
80 km
365 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Jovellanos 13 km · Unión de Reyes 27 km · Limonar 28 km · Jagüey Grande 28 km · Perico 28 km · Cárdenas 35 km · Colón 39 km · Calimete 44 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 Pedro Betancourt (22.7278°, -81.2887°, elevation 15 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).