🇨🇺 Weather in Varadero in May
This is what the weather in Varadero (Cuba) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
32.3 °C
30.2 °C – 34.5 °C
Avg. night-time low
24.8 °C
24.0 °C – 25.4 °C
Avg. rain days in period
14.0
45 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
131 mm
5.9 mm – 346 mm
Avg. cloud cover
50 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 37.0 °C (14 May 2024) · Lowest temperature 21.4 °C (7 May 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 21 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 66Sunny
- 77Partly cloudy
- 27Cloudy
- 73Light rain
- 67Rain
Summary
- On average 32.3 °C during the day and 24.8 °C at night.
- On average 14.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 131 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 1 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2025 (avg. 34.5 °C), coolest: 2020 (avg. 30.2 °C).
- Wettest year: 2020 (346 mm), driest: 2017 (5.9 mm).
- Extremes: 37.0 °C on 14 May 2024 and 21.4 °C on 7 May 2017.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max31.9°Avg. min25.4°- Rain days
- 22 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 210 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 50 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 34.3 °C · Min 23.7 °C
2025
Avg. max34.5°Avg. min25.0°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 34.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 35 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 36.3 °C · Min 22.1 °C
2024
Avg. max33.6°Avg. min25.3°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 192 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 27 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 37.0 °C · Min 23.6 °C
2023
Avg. max31.1°Avg. min24.6°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 190 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 45 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 33.5 °C · Min 22.3 °C
2022
Avg. max30.6°Avg. min24.0°- Rain days
- 28 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 244 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 32.5 °C · Min 21.7 °C
2021
Avg. max33.1°Avg. min25.3°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 49.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 50 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 35.9 °C · Min 23.2 °C
2020
Avg. max30.2°Avg. min24.5°- Rain days
- 25 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 346 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 70 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 33.8 °C · Min 23.1 °C
2019
Avg. max33.8°Avg. min25.4°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 7.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 35.9 °C · Min 23.7 °C
2018
Avg. max30.9°Avg. min24.4°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 31.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 83 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 33.3 °C · Min 22.9 °C
2017
Avg. max33.4°Avg. min24.3°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 5.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 36.2 °C · Min 21.4 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Varadero in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 32.3 °C, night-time lows 24.8 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 37.0 °C (14 May 2024), the lowest 21.4 °C (7 May 2017).
- How often does it rain in Varadero in May?
- On average there were 14.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 131 mm of precipitation in total. In 1 of 10 years there was no rain day at all.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)