Vedado weather in August

In August, Vedado sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 77 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Vedado's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vedado's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:09 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
58%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Vedado is urban neighborhood in the city of Havana, Cuba.

Founded
1858

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Vedado reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Vedado

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Vedado weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 22°477.510.77.6
Feb25° / 22°345.211.28.0
Mar26° / 23°244.411.88.1
Apr27° / 24°284.712.57.8
May28° / 25°758.913.16.7
Jun29° / 26°9412.913.45.1
Jul30° / 27°5210.913.35.1
Aug30° / 27°7713.512.84.7
Sep29° / 27°1131712.14.5
Oct28° / 26°951411.55.7
Nov26° / 24°508.910.97.0
Dec25° / 23°37710.67.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15644
25644
35644
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95545
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vedado gets around 77 mm of rain over 13.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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238
338
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938
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1138
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3154

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13169
23070
33070
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52872
62872
72773
82674
92674
102575
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:037:08
213.16:047:07
313.06:047:07
413.06:057:06
513.06:057:06
613.06:057:05
713.06:067:04
813.06:067:04
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Vedado

In seasonPeak

In August, Vedado sits inside its atlantic hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Atlantic hurricane
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Feb
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May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Vedado?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Vedado for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Vedado in August

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

In August, Vedado sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Vedado in August

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 30°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°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May27Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Vedado in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vedado peaks around June 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 20UV 12Dec 17UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Vedado in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Vedado is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1221 µg/m³Nov 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Vedado?

Vedado sits at 23.1°N, 82.4°W, 21 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is Havana, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Vedado

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vedado has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m.

The land around Vedado is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and water (45%) within 3 km, water (54%) within 16 km, and water (54%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
548 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Havana 1.0 km · Plaza de la Revolución 2.0 km · Centro Habana 3.0 km · Cerro 3.0 km · La Habana Vieja 4.0 km · Almendares 4.0 km · Víbora 5.0 km · Diez de Octubre 7.0 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 Vedado (23.1377°, -82.3934°, elevation 21 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).