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Cuba
: General Info
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Weather
Cuba
has an avarge temperature from about 29C and 84.2F
degrees
Almost
daily people ask us: "What's the weather
like in ... (fill in any month)"
Well, here it is:
The
weather in Cuba at this moment: |
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| January |
Various
between 21C - 69.8F and 27C - 80.6F
This
month can be chilly at night so bring some sweaters.
You will be not the first one who will enjoy a full
week of rain ... BUT ... noting is so uncertain as
the weather in Cuba in this month. |
| February |
Various
between 21C - 69.8F and 27C - 80.6F
This
month can be chilly at night so bring some sweaters.
You will be not the first one who will enjoy a full
week of rain ... BUT ... noting is so uncertain as
the weather in Cuba in this month. |
| March |
More
or less 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
Best
period to visit Cuba, nice temperature, no rain, no
humidity |
| April |
More
or less 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
Best
period to visit Cuba, nice temperature, no rain, no
humidity |
| May |
More
or less 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
Best
period to visit Cuba, nice temperature, no rain, no
humidity |
June
Hurricane
Season |
More
or less 27C - 80.6F and 31C - 87.8F
It
gets warmer and more humid, but still nice and not
too much rain |
July
Hurricane
Season |
More
or less 30C - 86F and 32C - 89.6F
Rainy
season which means, very humid and at the end of the
day a rainy shower of 2 hours |
August
Hurricane
Season |
More
or less 30C - 86F and 34C - 93.2F
Rainy
season which means, very humid and at the end of the
day a rainy shower of 2 hours |
September
Hurricane
Season |
More
or less 27C - 80.6F and 31C - 87.8F
Rainy
season which means, very humid and at the end of the
day a rainy shower of 2 hours |
October
Hurricane
Season |
More
or less 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
The
month of hurricanes, but do not worry, there is still
a bigger change to win a lotery than getting stucked
in a hurricane. Hurricane season starts half June
till the end of November |
November
Hurricane
Season |
More
or less 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
The
month of hurricanes, but do not worry, there is still
a bigger change to win a lotery than getting stucked
in a hurricane. Hurricane season starts half June
till the end of November |
| December |
Various
between 21C - 69.8F and 27C - 80.6F
This
month can be chilly at night so bring some sweaters.
You will be not the first one who will enjoy a full
week of rain ... BUT ... noting is so uncertain as
the weather in Cuba in this month. |
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General |
The
Cuban archipelago is in the eastern Caribbean, at the entrance
to the Gulf of Mexico, 87 miles (140 km) from the Bahamas,
91 miles (146 km) from Jamaica, 112 miles (180 km) from Florida
and 130 miles (210 km) from Cancun.
- Land
area: 42,827 square miles (110,922 square km)
- Dimensions:
Cuba, the largest island, is 744 miles (1200 km) long and
between 130 and 22 miles (210 and 35 km) wide.
- Population:
Over 11 million
- Capital:
Havana,
with over 2.1 million inhabitants. The country has 14 provinces,
169 municipalities and a special municipality: The Isle
of Youth (Isla
de Juventud)
- Language:
Spanish
- Average
annual relative humidity: 78 percent
- Average
annual temperature: 77.9 F (25.5 C)
- Time
zone: Eastern Standard Time, with Daylight Saving
Time from March to October.
Some
Geographic Features: Most of Cuba is covered with
plains, but there are four important mountain groups: the
Guaniguanico Range, in the center of the country; and, in
the east, the Sagua-Baracoa
and Sierra
Maestra Mountains (17 of these peaks are more than
4265 feet (1300 meters) above the sea level; Turquino Peak
is the highest, at 6476 feet (1974) above the sea level).
There
are over 300 protected areas in the country, either on its
insular shelf or on terra firma. They cover 22 persent of
its total area.
UNESCO
has declared six areas in Cuba to be preserves of the biosphere
(the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, the Sierra del Rosario Mountains
and the Zapata Peninsula,
in the western part of the country; Buenavista, in the center;
Alexander von Humboldt National Park and Baconao Park and
the Cuchillas del Toa Mountains, in eastern Cuba).
There
is a wealth of flora and fauna with a high degree of preservation:
6300 species of flora (more than half of which are endemic)
and 13,000 of fauna-96 percent of the land snails are endemic,
as are 90 percent of the amphibians and 40 percent of the
mammals. There are no large predators, no animals which constitute
threats to man and no poisonous species of snakes. |
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