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 Except in the mountains, the climate of Cuba is semitropical or temperate. The average minimum temperature is 21° C (70° F ), the average maximum 27° C (81° F ). The mean temperature at Havana is about 25° C (77° F ). The trade winds and sea breezes make coastal areas habitable than temperature alone would indicate. Cuba has a rainy season from May to October. The summer in Cuba is **from June to August **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">. These are the **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">hottest months **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> and some people ( //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">including //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> the Cubans!) find the heat quite //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">intense //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">. Temperatures rise to 38 Celcius on the Eastern side of the island, which when coupled with high humidity, can be quite unpleasant. On the other hand, **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">summer **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> is one of the **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">most festive times of the year **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> with **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">carnival **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> being held in many cities, and festivals on //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">throughout the island //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">. This is also **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">holiday time for the Cubans **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> so there are many social occasions./yuvgo70-io0p

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Summer is also a **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">tourist high season **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> because it coincides with the holiday season in Europe. Hotels, flights, and tours can often be booked out well ahead of time, and **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">prices can be higher **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">than during other times of the year.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The rest of the year in Cuba generally enjoys **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">beautiful warm weather **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">. December, January, and February are the //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">coolest //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> months of the year in Cuba where the average maximum daily temperature is 25C, and an average of 18C at night. During these winter months in Cuba, **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">occasional cold fronts **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #484848; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> can make their way down from North America, during which, for a period of a couple of days, temperatures at night can drop to around 10C in some places. Rain may or may not accompany these cold fronts. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff7f00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;">The best time to travel to Cuba is between November and April, after the rains of the wet season and before the hot and sticky discomfort of the summer months. Generally April and November -the transitional months between the two seasons- are particularly pleasant (weather-wise) because of the hot (day and night) and sunny weather but without being too hot or humid, with almost no risk of cold fronts, and not too much rain. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">“Climate change effects reduce biodiversity, cause a decline in quality of life, change landscapes and have enormous social consequences. But what does all this mean in economic terms?” asks Perdomo, a researcher at the Centre for Environmental Studies and Services in Villa Clara, 268 kilometres from Havana.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff7f00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;">[[image:raining cuba.jpg]] The WET SEASON: from May to October, and in the latter part of these months Cuba is subject to the threat of the hurricanes which annually visit the Caribbeans.