Baracoa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇺 Cuba · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Baracoa is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with January and March close behind. Baracoa averages about 2,719 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 23 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,719
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 782 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 48k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Baracoa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Baracoa is February, then January and March. The dullest month is October (69/100, 142 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Baracoa?
Baracoa gets a lot of sun: around 2,719 hours a year. February (91/100) is noticeably better than October (69). It ranks #11 of 12 destinations in Cuba for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,825 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around October, carries about 40% of the annual 782 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 89 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 35 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| February | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 23 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| March | 89 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 32 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| April | 87 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 41 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| May | 77 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 97 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 81 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 77 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 51 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 82 | 30° / 86°F | 28° / 82°F | 69 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 78 | 30° / 86°F | 28° / 82°F | 93 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 142 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 80 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 81 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 41 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
Sea temperature in Baracoa by month
The sea off Baracoa is warmest in September at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cap Haitien Haiti · 251 km · best in Feb · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands · 280 km · best in Feb · 3,149 h sun/yr
- Port-au-Prince Haiti · 305 km · best in Feb · 3,150 h sun/yr
- Kingston Jamaica · 361 km · best in Feb · 2,921 h sun/yr
- Montego Bay Jamaica · 413 km · best in Feb · 2,597 h sun/yr
- Puerto Plata Dominican Republic · 417 km · best in Feb · 2,675 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Matthew Town Bahamas · 111 km · 3,219 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Jérémie Haiti · 193 km · 2,863 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Holguin Cuba · 194 km · 2,825 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Bayamo Cuba · 221 km · 2,825 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Spring Point Bahamas · 237 km · 3,014 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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