Matanzas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Matanzas?

Matanzas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 874 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matanzas?

The hottest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1962, reaching 34.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Matanzas?

The coldest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1970, at 10.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Matanzas?

Almost never: Matanzas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Matanzas warmed?

Yes: Matanzas warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Matanzas?

The wettest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1998, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Matanzas?

The windiest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2017, with winds reaching 73.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Matanzas?

The warmest month in Matanzas is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Matanzas?

Matanzas receives on average 874 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Matanzas?

Matanzas gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Matanzas (Cuba) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 874 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Matanzas averages 0 frost days, 102 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.

Matanzas has warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.05 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 25 July 1962) and the coldest 10.3 °C (on 10 January 1970).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MatanzasMatanzas Province

coords: 23.04°, -81.58°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

24.9°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

874mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

19.7km/h

Seasonal range

5.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

102 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

154 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.2 °C

Average feels-like low

24.4 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

304 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.4 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.5 °C

25 July 1962

Coldest day

10.3 °C

10 January 1970

Wettest day

126 mm

25 September 1998

Windiest day

73.9 km/h

9 September 2017

Strongest gust

128.2 km/h

9 September 2008

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

19 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

6.1 °C

13 January 1981

Sunniest day

13.0 h

16 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.8 °C24 August 2025	15.1 °C10 January 2025	25.4 °C	794 mm	144
2024	34.2 °C14 May 2024	14.2 °C22 February 2024	25.6 °C	983 mm	142
2023	33.9 °C23 July 2023	11.6 °C16 January 2023	25.8 °C	848 mm	139
2022	32.2 °C25 August 2022	11.6 °C31 January 2022	25.3 °C	836 mm	112
2021	32.4 °C19 April 2021	12.5 °C4 February 2021	25.3 °C	712 mm	122
2020	33.7 °C25 April 2020	14.3 °C10 December 2020	25.7 °C	1,125 mm	142
2019	32.8 °C15 September 2019	13.3 °C29 January 2019	25.6 °C	784 mm	143
2018	32.7 °C23 July 2018	15.8 °C6 March 2018	25.1 °C	925 mm	100
2017	32.9 °C3 August 2017	14.5 °C14 December 2017	25.2 °C	828 mm	128
2016	32.5 °C22 August 2016	14.4 °C25 January 2016	25.3 °C	813 mm	126
2015	32.9 °C26 April 2015	13.9 °C20 February 2015	25.7 °C	707 mm	139
2014	33.1 °C29 August 2014	14.9 °C23 January 2014	25.3 °C	693 mm	142
2013	32.0 °C23 September 2013	12.9 °C18 February 2013	25.2 °C	828 mm	92
2012	31.9 °C22 August 2012	13.1 °C4 January 2012	24.8 °C	1,027 mm	69
2011	32.7 °C6 September 2011	14.4 °C30 January 2011	25.1 °C	848 mm	122
2010	34.0 °C5 June 2010	10.4 °C15 December 2010	24.5 °C	761 mm	126
2009	32.7 °C24 June 2009	13.0 °C4 March 2009	25.0 °C	638 mm	135
2008	32.1 °C11 May 2008	12.2 °C3 January 2008	24.9 °C	868 mm	103
2007	32.2 °C3 August 2007	14.2 °C19 February 2007	25.0 °C	1,029 mm	82
2006	32.4 °C10 May 2006	13.5 °C16 January 2006	25.0 °C	712 mm	108
2005	32.9 °C18 August 2005	12.7 °C21 January 2005	24.8 °C	1,040 mm	114
2004	32.7 °C2 June 2004	15.0 °C21 December 2004	24.9 °C	568 mm	107
2003	32.3 °C22 July 2003	13.4 °C24 January 2003	25.2 °C	796 mm	127
2002	31.7 °C3 May 2002	13.3 °C9 January 2002	25.1 °C	766 mm	87
2001	32.7 °C19 August 2001	14.1 °C8 March 2001	24.7 °C	831 mm	101
2000	32.5 °C23 July 2000	14.2 °C11 February 2000	24.7 °C	658 mm	93
1999	32.3 °C15 April 1999	14.7 °C23 February 1999	24.8 °C	1,092 mm	87
1998	34.1 °C28 July 1998	15.2 °C10 February 1998	25.7 °C	939 mm	162
1997	33.3 °C21 August 1997	12.3 °C19 January 1997	25.6 °C	824 mm	140
1996	32.6 °C29 April 1996	11.7 °C18 February 1996	24.7 °C	1,049 mm	103
1995	32.9 °C26 April 1995	14.6 °C9 February 1995	25.1 °C	1,067 mm	131
1994	32.7 °C24 June 1994	15.1 °C5 March 1994	25.2 °C	753 mm	102
1993	33.1 °C4 August 1993	14.1 °C20 February 1993	24.8 °C	768 mm	107
1992	31.6 °C30 June 1992	15.8 °C7 January 1992	24.6 °C	811 mm	73
1991	32.2 °C23 April 1991	13.8 °C17 February 1991	25.1 °C	1,016 mm	101
1990	31.6 °C14 September 1990	17.3 °C9 December 1990	24.9 °C	732 mm	68
1989	31.7 °C8 June 1989	11.3 °C26 February 1989	24.6 °C	881 mm	71
1988	32.0 °C26 April 1988	14.0 °C28 February 1988	24.6 °C	863 mm	73
1987	31.6 °C7 July 1987	12.9 °C28 January 1987	24.5 °C	971 mm	101
1986	32.1 °C2 August 1986	12.3 °C29 January 1986	24.7 °C	720 mm	62
1985	32.0 °C24 May 1985	12.7 °C25 January 1985	24.5 °C	928 mm	71
1984	31.4 °C6 May 1984	13.8 °C2 March 1984	24.3 °C	862 mm	46
1983	31.9 °C23 August 1983	12.8 °C26 December 1983	24.5 °C	1,130 mm	91
1982	32.0 °C10 April 1982	14.9 °C20 December 1982	25.1 °C	898 mm	85
1981	31.8 °C13 June 1981	11.1 °C13 January 1981	24.2 °C	650 mm	88
1980	31.9 °C16 July 1980	12.4 °C5 February 1980	24.8 °C	867 mm	100
1979	31.7 °C13 August 1979	12.7 °C2 February 1979	24.6 °C	1,004 mm	76
1978	31.3 °C7 May 1978	12.5 °C23 February 1978	24.4 °C	1,169 mm	74
1977	31.1 °C20 July 1977	11.7 °C20 January 1977	24.4 °C	1,024 mm	55
1976	31.1 °C9 August 1976	12.7 °C28 December 1976	24.4 °C	1,157 mm	49
1975	31.8 °C7 May 1975	14.2 °C24 December 1975	25.1 °C	841 mm	94
1974	31.8 °C28 May 1974	13.8 °C11 February 1974	24.8 °C	728 mm	80
1973	31.8 °C28 May 1973	13.5 °C23 December 1973	24.7 °C	882 mm	73
1972	31.4 °C8 August 1972	14.0 °C28 December 1972	25.0 °C	1,127 mm	75
1971	32.2 °C30 April 1971	10.6 °C21 January 1971	24.7 °C	851 mm	88
1970	31.5 °C25 June 1970	10.3 °C10 January 1970	24.4 °C	695 mm	75
1969	32.3 °C11 July 1969	14.2 °C20 February 1969	24.4 °C	1,259 mm	85
1968	31.3 °C19 August 1968	12.1 °C2 March 1968	24.1 °C	1,172 mm	60
1967	31.7 °C14 May 1967	12.6 °C26 February 1967	24.7 °C	893 mm	84
1966	32.1 °C5 September 1966	13.2 °C6 February 1966	24.5 °C	1,037 mm	75
1965	33.4 °C15 June 1965	14.4 °C19 January 1965	25.1 °C	675 mm	139
1964	32.6 °C12 May 1964	14.0 °C15 January 1964	25.0 °C	1,111 mm	105
1963	32.6 °C20 May 1963	15.8 °C10 January 1963	24.8 °C	847 mm	130
1962	34.5 °C25 July 1962	13.5 °C15 December 1962	24.9 °C	752 mm	134
1961	33.4 °C5 August 1961	14.3 °C19 January 1961	25.3 °C	713 mm	140
1960	32.8 °C4 April 1960	14.1 °C23 January 1960	24.7 °C	1,034 mm	87
1959	33.3 °C21 April 1959	13.7 °C30 November 1959	25.4 °C	820 mm	136
1958	33.3 °C24 August 1958	11.4 °C5 February 1958	25.0 °C	933 mm	144
1957	32.6 °C11 April 1957	13.1 °C12 December 1957	25.1 °C	879 mm	110
1956	33.2 °C31 August 1956	15.1 °C15 January 1956	25.0 °C	561 mm	139
1955	33.0 °C12 August 1955	15.3 °C12 February 1955	25.0 °C	660 mm	128
1954	32.4 °C15 September 1954	13.5 °C22 December 1954	24.5 °C	991 mm	86
1953	32.5 °C11 April 1953	14.4 °C5 January 1953	25.1 °C	953 mm	138
1952	31.9 °C26 March 1952	13.2 °C17 December 1952	24.7 °C	988 mm	105
1951	33.2 °C27 May 1951	13.8 °C4 February 1951	24.7 °C	747 mm	137
1950	32.4 °C11 August 1950	14.3 °C30 November 1950	24.4 °C	708 mm	89
1949	32.5 °C23 August 1949	15.4 °C2 January 1949	25.2 °C	757 mm	124
1948	32.2 °C11 March 1948	13.3 °C15 January 1948	25.2 °C	1,248 mm	92
1947	32.6 °C1 May 1947	15.5 °C7 February 1947	25.2 °C	975 mm	111
1946	32.4 °C10 April 1946	17.8 °C26 February 1946	25.2 °C	972 mm	82
1945	34.3 °C11 June 1945	16.0 °C11 January 1945	25.1 °C	813 mm	108
1944	33.0 °C21 April 1944	15.6 °C22 January 1944	25.2 °C	783 mm	129
1943	32.8 °C8 July 1943	14.6 °C21 December 1943	25.0 °C	893 mm	112
1942	32.1 °C3 August 1942	15.7 °C24 January 1942	25.1 °C	648 mm	62
1941	31.7 °C19 August 1941	15.2 °C3 March 1941	24.9 °C	760 mm	50
1940	31.5 °C3 July 1940	11.2 °C29 January 1940	24.5 °C	888 mm	37

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

144 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

794 mm

-80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.9 °C	-0.3 °C	14 mm	-16 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	+1.1 °C	28 mm	-2 mm
Mar	27.1 °C	-0.1 °C	26 mm	-3 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	-0.7 °C	19 mm	-15 mm
May	30.8 °C	+1.6 °C	27 mm	-67 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+0.9 °C	110 mm	-34 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+0.7 °C	58 mm	-33 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+0.7 °C	138 mm	+30 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+0.3 °C	172 mm	+42 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+0.6 °C	134 mm	+23 mm
Nov	26.7 °C	0.0 °C	41 mm	-3 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	+0.7 °C	28 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.8 °C

24 Aug 2025

Coldest day

15.1 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

25.0 mm

12 Jun 2025

Windiest day

34.6 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

22 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.7 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Matanzas?

Matanzas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 874 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matanzas?

The hottest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1962, reaching 34.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Matanzas?

The coldest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1970, at 10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Matanzas?

Almost never: Matanzas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Matanzas warmed?

Yes: Matanzas warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Matanzas?

The wettest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1998, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Matanzas?

The windiest day measured in Matanzas between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2017, with winds reaching 73.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Matanzas?

The warmest month in Matanzas is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Matanzas?

Matanzas receives on average 874 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Matanzas?

Matanzas gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Matanzas?

Yes: Matanzas has on average 304 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matanzas?

In Matanzas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 19 May 2024, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 13 January 1981.

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