Climate and average weather in Yaguajay

In Yaguajay, 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 early April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Yaguajay typically varies from 19°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 33°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 Yaguajay for warm-weather activities are from early January to early April and mid November to late December.

Hottest
Jul
31°
Coldest
Jan
19°
Wettest
Sep
174 mm
Driest
Feb
25 mm
Rain / yr
1042 mm
168 wet days
Daylight
10.6–13.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
22 m
22.3°N
Clearest
Feb
39% cloud

Yaguajay 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 early April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Yaguajay stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is July, with an average high of 31°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 19°C and high of 26°C.

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

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2619
Feb2719
Mar2819
Apr2921
May3022
Jun3124
Jul3124
Aug3124
Sep3124
Oct2923
Nov2721
Dec2620

How hot and cold Yaguajay 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, Yaguajay feels like about 36°C (around August 15). About 169 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)
Jan26261919
Feb27271919
Mar29281919
Apr31292121
May33302222
Jun35312424
Jul36312424
Aug36312424
Sep35312424
Oct32292323
Nov28272121
Dec26262020

Average hourly temperature in Yaguajay

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 19°C.

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

Yaguajay 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
Jan26° / 19°265.510.87.6
Feb27° / 19°254.411.27.7
Mar28° / 19°265.411.87.1
Apr29° / 21°48912.55.6
May30° / 22°14217.413.14.2
Jun31° / 24°15021.213.33.3
Jul31° / 24°1032013.23.4
Aug31° / 24°12722.112.83.2
Sep31° / 24°17424.912.13.0
Oct29° / 23°13820.911.54.1
Nov27° / 21°5611.110.96.4
Dec26° / 20°286.510.77.4

Chance of rain

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

Yaguajay gets about 1042 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 5.7 months, from around May 11 to Nov 1, peaking in September at about 84% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 31.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 174 mm over about 25 wet days; February is the driest, with 25 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 20 · 84%Jan 31 · 14%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan186
Feb154
Mar185
Apr309
May5617
Jun7121
Jul6520
Aug7122
Sep8325
Oct6721
Nov3711
Dec217

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Yaguajay collects about 1042 mm of rain across 168 wet days — roughly 87 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 174 mm, while February is the driest at just 25 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 45% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec262526481421501031271741385628
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan266
Feb254
Mar265
Apr489
May14217
Jun15021
Jul10320
Aug12722
Sep17425
Oct13821
Nov5611
Dec287

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Yaguajay, 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 6 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around May 14. 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 15 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around November 5. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 64% 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 · 85%Jun 8 · 31%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7129
Feb8218
Mar8119
Apr7822
May5545
Jun3664
Jul4654
Aug4753
Sep3763
Oct4555
Nov6436
Dec6832

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 14, brings about 13 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, 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)
Jan10.87:035:49
Feb11.26:556:09
Mar11.86:316:22
Apr12.56:026:33
May13.15:416:45
Jun13.35:366:58
Jul13.25:457:00
Aug12.85:586:44
Sep12.16:076:15
Oct11.56:185:46
Nov10.96:355:30
Dec10.76:545:32

Sunny days

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

Yaguajay 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 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Nov 12 to May 15. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 5 sunny days — about 69% fewer than the February peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightFeb 2018 daysJun 94 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb16Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr15Bright
May10Mixed
Jun5Gloomy
Jul8Mixed
Aug8Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct8Gloomy
Nov11Mixed
Dec14Mixed

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 Yaguajay, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.8 months, from around April 10 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 9, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 22% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 27 · 25%May 21 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan716215060
Feb716244940
Mar415294850
Apr162252200
May01629622
Jun00018612
Jul00008317
Aug00007624
Sep00007524
Oct003117412
Nov041434471
Dec3111645250

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 Yaguajay 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 24 to May 13. The windiest month is March, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 14 to Oct 23, with September the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 9 · 13 km/hSep 18 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May11calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep9calm
Oct11calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec12light breeze

Hazard calendar for Yaguajay

In seasonPeak

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

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

Yaguajay'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 Yaguajay

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 31 · 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
Feb7.7ideal
Mar7.1good
Apr5.6good
May4.2fair
Jun3.3poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.2poor
Sep3.0poor
Oct4.2fair
Nov6.4good
Dec7.3good

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 Yaguajay for hot-weather activities is from mid November to mid May, with a peak score in the last week of March.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMar 29 · 7.9

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 Yaguajay, 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.

Yaguajay 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 July, Yaguajay sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Yaguajay

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 13 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
Mar25Warm
Apr26Warm
May27Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index (midday) in Yaguajay 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 Yaguajay peaks around June 17 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 17UV 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 Yaguajay

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
Feb6.54
Mar7.55.5
Apr85.5
May8.56
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov62.5
Dec5.50

Air quality in Yaguajay 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 Yaguajay is worst in July — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1322 µg/m³Nov 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May12Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Yaguajay 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. Yaguajay banks about 5,555 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)
Jan377
Feb355
Mar420
Apr454
May502
Jun516
Jul548
Aug550
Sep514
Oct496
Nov422
Dec400

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.

Yaguajay receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.6 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 3 to Sep 18. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 42% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 86.4 kWhDec 223.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.9Moderate
Feb4.8Bright
Mar5.6Bright
Apr6.2Intense
May6.1Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.4Intense
Aug6.0Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov3.9Moderate
Dec3.6Moderate

Where is Yaguajay?

Yaguajay sits at 22.3°N, 79.2°W, 22 m above sea level, in Cuba. The nearest listed city is Caibarién, 32 km away.

Topography around Yaguajay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yaguajay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 305 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m.

The land around Yaguajay is covered by grassland (59%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (26%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and water (34%), grassland (29%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
305 m
80 km
788 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Caibarién 32 km · Florencia 34 km · Chambas 36 km · Remedios 37 km · Cabaiguán 38 km · Placetas 43 km · Jatibonico 43 km · Sancti Spíritus 48 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 Yaguajay (22.3269°, -79.2369°, elevation 22 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).