Cárdenas Weather in May
Cárdenas in May
The short of it: Cárdenas in May averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 203 mm (8.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 23° · rain 203 mm · daylight 13 h 14 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Cárdenas an average May high of 31°, a low of 23° and some 203 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 203 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 14 min in mid-May, 35 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Cárdenas runs about middling and drier than most in May. Varadero, 14 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Cárdenas, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 134 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VaraderoMatanzas Province | 14 km NNW | 30° | 23° | 195 mm |
| LimonarMatanzas Province | 23 km WSW | 30° | 22° | 200 mm |
| JovellanosMatanzas Province | 26 km S | 31° | 22° | 225 mm |
| MartíMatanzas Province | 31 km ESE | 31° | 22° | 205 mm |
| Campo FloridoMatanzas Province | 33 km SE | 31° | 22° | 210 mm |
| Pedro BetancourtMatanzas Province | 35 km SSW | 31° | 22° | 215 mm |
| PericoMatanzas Province | 35 km SSE | 31° | 22° | 213 mm |
| MatanzasMatanzas Province | 39 km W | 30° | 22° | 207 mm |