Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
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About
Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some 870 km (540 mi) southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Santiago de Cuba, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Santiago de Cuba
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
31° / 22°
0.9 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Showers
32° / 23°
8.6 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Thunderstorm
31° / 22°
1.6 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Showers
31° / 22°
10.6 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
30° / 22°
5.7 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
30°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
35° / 20°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.1h
06:27 – 19:31local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Santiago de Cuba
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Antonio Maceo International Airport (SCU) at 5 km.
Getting around Santiago de Cuba
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.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.