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Climate

Cuba’s climate is subtropical, humid, affected by the Gulf Stream and northeasterly winds. There are two well-defined seasons: the dry season (winter), from November to April, and the rainy season (summer), from May to October, and with continuous breezes that cool the entire year.

The average annual rainfall is 1,375 mm, with about 30% of the rainfall in the winter period, and the remaining 70% in the summer, more abundant in the west of the country than in the east. The average temperature level ranges between 26 and 28 °C, with the exception of the plains, which have a higher average level, and the heights and mountains, which have averages below 26 °C (in the Sierra Maestra it is lower at 20°C).

In the summer months, the heat is intense. Winter is short and pleasant. Spring is an almost permanent season throughout the archipelago, so the weather is wonderful. In the eastern region there is a warmer climate than in the western one. Temperature variations between day and night vary very little in coastal regions, although not in regions further from the coast. During the winter cold air masses from the North influence, which are usually short-lived.

The hurricane season is delimited between June and November, but the months of September and October are the most dangerous, both due to the frequency of hurricanes and their intensity. These tropical systems are accompanied by heavy rains and penetrations of the sea, and affect it on average once every two years. Hurricanes or tropical cyclones are areas of low pressure between 300-500 km in diameter, which cause extremely strong winds, rains and sea waves, which usually have catastrophic effects in the regions through which they cross.