Climate · Havana

Havana in May

Hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Havana is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Havana is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
13h 15mon average

Is May a good time to visit Havana?


May sits outside Havana's best months, which run from December to February. Expect hot days and rain on about three 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in May, against 82°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in May, against 28°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in May, against 16% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in May, against 27% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

13h 15m in May, against 10h 44m to 13h 32m through the year.

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

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  1. April89°32°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May91°33°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June91°33°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Havana sits, in May

America/Havana

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:48 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 May, 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.

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.