According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Cuba is December to April. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Cuba
- Best months
- December to April
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- North & Central America
What Cuba is best for
Colonial architecture in Havana and Trinidad, Caribbean beaches in Varadero, and live music across historic plazas.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
Weather in Cuba by month
Monthly averages around Havana; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 22 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| February best | about 24 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| March best | about 24 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| April best | about 26 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| May | about 28 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| July | about 29 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| August | about 29 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| September | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (102 mm) |
| October | about 27 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| November | about 25 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| December best | about 24 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Cuba
- Capital
- Havana
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
- Time
- UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 110 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +53
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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