Matanzas
San Carlos y San Severino de Matanzas
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📷 Jerome Ryan· CC BY 3.0La Atenas de Cuba | The Athens of Cuba
About
Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas, 102 kilometres (63 mi) east of the capital Havana and 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of the resort town of Varadero.
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The next week in Matanzas
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
29° / 22°
5.3 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Showers
31° / 22°
3.7 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
32° / 23°
2.5 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Thunderstorm
32° / 24°
2.8 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
30° / 23°
0.9 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
30°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
38° / 19°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.2h
06:45 – 19:59local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Matanzas
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport (VRA) at 14 km.
Getting around Matanzas
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, granted use by Fernando VII, King of Spain, actual author appears to be unknown.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.