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The Weather in Cuba

Dec, Jan & Feb

Sun and some cloudsSunny some clouds and rainClouds and rain

About 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, Apr & May

Sun

About 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F Best period to visit Cuba, nice temperature, no rain, no humidity

June

Hurricane Season

Sun and some cloudsSunny some clouds and rain

About 27C - 80.6F and 31C - 87.8F It gets warmer and more humid, but still nice and not too much rain

July

Hurricane Season

SunHotSun rain and thunder

About 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

SunHotSun rain and thunder

About 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

SunSun rain and thunder

About 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

Oct Nov

Hurricane Season (till Nov 1)

Sun and some cloudsSunny some clouds and rain

About 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

 

 

 

General Cuba Information

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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