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Satellite view of Playa de Miel; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa de Miel

CubaGuantánamo Province · Cuba · Caribbean Sea

20.3411, -74.4906 · Baracoa, 1 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · September
  • 8.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Playa de Miel. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de Miel in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 6.6 hSunshine a day
  • 22 daysRainy days in the month142 mm in total
  • 18 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 147Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 3 kmAirport: Gustavo Rizo Airport (BCA)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.7 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March23 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°6 h35 mm
  2. Feb26°8 h23 mm
  3. Mar26°8 h32 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h40 mm
  5. May27°7 h97 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h76 mm
  7. Jul29°9 h51 mm
  8. Aug29°8 h69 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h93 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h142 mm
  11. Nov28°6 h81 mm
  12. Dec27°6 h41 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Feb: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Mar: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Apr: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Jun: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Jul: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Aug: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Nov: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Dec: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 35 mmFeb: 23 mm23Mar: 32 mmApr: 40 mmMay: 97 mmJun: 76 mmJul: 51 mmAug: 69 mmSep: 93 mmOct: 142 mm142Nov: 81 mmDec: 41 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.5 hFeb: 7.6 hMar: 7.9 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 7.3 hJun: 8.0 hJul: 8.7 h8.7Aug: 8.3 hSep: 7.7 hOct: 6.6 hNov: 6.2 h6.2Dec: 6.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa de Miel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa de Miel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26242635106.524
February2624262377.624
March2724263297.923
April27252740108.122
May28262797187.320
June29272876188.019
July29272951178.723
August29272969218.321
Septemberwarmest sea29272993227.717
October292729142226.618
November28262881166.222
December27252741126.424

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa de Miel: Y aquí estamos de vigilantes de la playa, cuando ya parece que la tarde cae y nadie se ahoga - panoramio
Photo: DnTrotaMundos ☮ · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de Miel: Así es la playa de Baracoa al «cuajar» el crepúsculo nocturno - panoramio
Photo: DnTrotaMundos ☮ · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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