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Havana in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Havana is hot: highs near 93°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Havana is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
93°F34°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
12h 54mon average

Is August a good time to visit Havana?

August sits outside Havana's best months, which run from December to February. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 93°F in August, against 82°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in August, against 28°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in August, against 16% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in August, against 27% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

12h 54m in August, against 10h 44m to 13h 32m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July93°34°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August93°34°low 79°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September91°33°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Havana sits, in August

America/Havana
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:06 AMsets 8:03 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
23.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Havana, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Havana is our one place in Cuba so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Havana

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Havana. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.