Guantánamo Weather in May
Guantánamo in May
The short of it: Guantánamo in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 23 °C (74 °F), with 173 mm (6.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 5 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 173 mm · daylight 13 h 5 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Guantánamo an average May high of 31°, a low of 23° and some 173 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 173 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 5 min in mid-May, 30 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, Guantánamo runs about middling and drier than most in May. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, 26 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Guantánamo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 95 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval Station Guantanamo BayGuantánamo Province | 26 km SSE | 31° | 23° | 130 mm |
| Río Guayabal de YaterasGuantánamo Province | 32 km NE | 27° | 20° | 232 mm |
| Sagua de TánamoHolguín Province | 49 km N | 31° | 23° | 165 mm |
| MoaHolguín Province | 63 km NNE | 31° | 24° | 183 mm |
| Santiago de CubaSantiago de Cuba Province | 65 km WSW | 31° | 23° | 188 mm |
| San LuisSantiago de Cuba Province | 67 km W | 30° | 22° | 219 mm |
| BaracoaGuantánamo Province | 78 km ENE | 30° | 23° | 275 mm |
| El CobreSantiago de Cuba Province | 78 km W | 30° | 22° | 220 mm |