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Satellite view of Playa Rincón Frances; 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 Rincón Frances

CubaMatanzas Province · Cuba · Gulf of Mexico

23.1935, -81.1709 · Varadero, 9 km

  • 29°Sea · August
  • 33°High · July
  • 9.3 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Playa Rincón Frances. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Rincón Frances in October

  • 31°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 6.9 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month70 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

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.4 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.7 °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 seaAugust and September29 °C
Most sunshineApril and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and March12 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°6 h16 mm
  2. Feb25°7 h20 mm
  3. Mar26°8 h12 mm
  4. Apr26°9 h23 mm
  5. May27°9 h65 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h76 mm
  7. Jul29°9 h68 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h77 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h78 mm
  10. Oct28°7 h70 mm
  11. Nov27°6 h34 mm
  12. Dec26°6 h20 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°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 25°Mar: 26°Apr: 26°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 28°Nov: 27°Dec: 26°25°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Feb: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Mar: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 20°)Apr: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 22°)May: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 24°)Jun: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)Jul: 29 °C (High 33° / Low 26°)Aug: 30 °C (High 33° / Low 26°)Sep: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 26°)Oct: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 25°)Nov: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 22°)Dec: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)30°23°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16 mmFeb: 20 mmMar: 12 mm12Apr: 23 mmMay: 65 mmJun: 76 mmJul: 68 mmAug: 77 mmSep: 78 mm78Oct: 70 mmNov: 34 mmDec: 20 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.1 h6.1Feb: 7.3 hMar: 8.5 hApr: 9.3 h9.3May: 8.7 hJun: 8.0 hJul: 8.9 hAug: 8.6 hSep: 7.7 hOct: 6.9 hNov: 6.3 hDec: 6.2 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Rincón Frances: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2719261656.119
February2820252047.319
March2920261248.520
April3122262359.319
May32242765118.718
June32252876168.015
July33262968168.915
Augustwarmest sea33262977178.615
September32262978187.715
October31252870146.918
November2922273456.320
December2821262046.219

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Photos

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

Playa Rincón Frances: Stormy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Varadero, Cuba, with rain
Photo: This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov . Please credit this with : Photo : Anton Zelenov in · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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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 POWER23 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.123 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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