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- First timers
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Weather
Cuba has
an average temperature from about 29C and 84.2F degrees |
| Dec, Jan & Feb |
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About 21C - 69.8F and 27C - 80.6F
This
month can be chilly at night so bring some sweaters. You will be
not the first one who will enjoy a full week of rain ... BUT ...
noting is so uncertain as the weather in Cuba in this month. |
| March, Apr & May |
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About 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
Best
period to visit Cuba, nice temperature, no rain, no humidity |
June
Hurricane
Season |
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About 27C - 80.6F and 31C - 87.8F
It
gets warmer and more humid, but still nice and not too much rain |
July
Hurricane
Season |
 
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About 30C - 86F and 32C - 89.6F
Rainy
season which means, very humid and at the end of the day a rainy
shower of 2 hours |
August
Hurricane
Season |
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About 30C - 86F and 34C - 93.2F
Rainy
season which means, very humid and at the end of the day a rainy
shower of 2 hours |
September
Hurricane
Season |
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About 27C - 80.6F and 31C - 87.8F
Rainy
season which means, very humid and at the end of the day a rainy
shower of 2 hours |
Oct & Nov
Hurricane
Season |
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About 26C - 78.8F and 30C - 86F
The
month of hurricanes, but do not worry, there is still a bigger change
to win a lotery than getting stucked in a hurricane. Hurricane season
starts half June till the end of November |
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First
timers to Cuba
Popular
Pages:
Below some very usefull links when you've decided to go to Cuba, read
these pages and all your questions about how to do Cuba will be answered
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Destinations
A list of provinces in Cuba with their touristical interesting cities and places
... and most important, a brief explanation why most people like it. |
General info and weather
Basic information about Cuba,
just good to know |
FAQ
Frequently Answered Questions about traveling to Cuba |
Traveler's info
What you need to know when you go to Cuba |
Transportation
About renting cars, going by bus, train schedues, maps, domestic
flights and public transportation |
Flights
International and domestic flights in and to Cuba |
Itineraries
Where
to go, how many days, and from which airport ... your route
Hotels
Book your hotel directly online at our website. You will have confirmation within a minute by email
Casa particular
Read about Cuba's famous casa particulares and make your reservation online
Crime
Explanation and tips about crime in Cuba
Car rental
Check rates, availability and book your rental car online |
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What to bring
What
to bring for the people of Cuba? |
General Cuba Info
The Cuban
archipelago is in the eastern Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of
Mexico, 87 miles (140 km) from the Bahamas, 91 miles (146 km) from Jamaica,
112 miles (180 km) from Florida and 130 miles (210 km) from Cancun.
- Land
area: 42,827 square miles (110,922 square km)
- Dimensions: Cuba, the largest island, is 744 miles (1200 km) long and between 130
and 22 miles (210 and 35 km) wide.
- Population: Over 11 million
- Capital: Havana, with over
2.1 million inhabitants. The country has 14 provinces, 169 municipalities
and a special municipality: The Isle of Youth (Isla
de Juventud)
- Language: Spanish
- Average
annual relative humidity: 78 percent
- Average
annual temperature: 77.9 F (25.5 C)
- Time
zone: Eastern Standard Time, with Daylight Saving Time from
March to October.
Some
Geographic Features: Most of Cuba is covered with plains, but
there are four important mountain groups: the Guaniguanico Range, in the
center of the country; and, in the east, the Sagua-Baracoa and Sierra Maestra
Mountains (17 of these peaks are more than 4265 feet (1300 meters)
above the sea level; Turquino Peak is the highest, at 6476 feet (1974)
above the sea level).
There are
over 300 protected areas in the country, either on its insular shelf or
on terra firma. They cover 22 persent of its total area.
UNESCO has
declared six areas in Cuba to be preserves of the biosphere (the Guanahacabibes
Peninsula, the Sierra del Rosario Mountains and the Zapata
Peninsula, in the western part of the country; Buenavista, in
the center; Alexander von Humboldt National Park and Baconao Park and
the Cuchillas del Toa Mountains, in eastern Cuba).
There is
a wealth of flora and fauna with a high degree of preservation: 6300 species
of flora (more than half of which are endemic) and 13,000 of fauna-96
percent of the land snails are endemic, as are 90 percent of the amphibians
and 40 percent of the mammals. There are no large predators, no animals
which constitute threats to man and no poisonous species of snakes. |
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Cuba Events
January
- 1 - Liberationday
- Feria Internacional de Artesanias,
Pabexpo, Havana. Kind of International fair
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February
- First 2 weeks - Jornadas de la
Cultura Camagneyana (Camaguey)
- End - Carnival in Habana (Havana)
- Every second year - Habana International
Jazz Festival (Havana)
- First half of Feb. - Feria Internacional
del Libro, Fortaleza de San Carlos. A book fair. (Havana)
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March
- Festival de Monogolos y Unipersonales
(Havana), A competion for actors, writers, producers and dancers,
from the whole country. Some foreigners are also giving monologues.
- Taller Internacional de Teatro
de Titeres (Matanzas), Performances of the most important puppet
theatres, with seminars, acts and workshops.
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April
- Semana de la Cultura (Baracoa)
- Electro-acoustic Music Festival
Varadero
- La Huela de Espana (Havana), Gran
Teatro de la Habana en Castillo de la Real Fuerza. A Festival
for Cuban/Spanish Culture, concerts, classical dance, Flamenco
and Theatre.
- Taller Internacional de Teatro
de Titeres (Matanzas), Performances of the most important puppet
theatres, with seminars, acts and workshops.
- Festival Internacional de Percusion
(Havana), Concerts, courses, readings and documentairies about
Cuban percussion instruments.
- 1-15 Bienal del Humor de San
Antonio de los Banos, Museo del Humor, San Antonio de los Banos.
Fetival of humor, with exhibitions, readings and performances.
- Festival de Arte Danzario (Havana and Camaguey), Festival for all kind of dancing, Readings, seminars
and workshops, the teachers and dancers will be Cuban and from
other countries.
- Los Dias de la Danza, Festival
of performing Cuban dance groups. May 29, the International day
of dancing, is the day the Premio Nacional de la Danza, a nacional
reward, will be hand out in the Teatro Mella Havana.
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May
- 1 - Primero de Mayo (Labor Day),
Meetings, parades, processions trough the whole country. The most
important will take place in Havana at the Plaza de la Revolution.
- First week - Romería de
Mayo (Holguin)
- Half May - Fierro
Internacional del Disco Cubadisco, (International music album
fair in Pabexpo Havana).
- Festival de Arte Danzario (Havana and Camaguey), Festival for all kind of dancing, Readings, seminars
and workshops, the teachers and dancers will be Cuban and from
other countries.
- Fiesta Nacional de la Danza (Santa
Clara), The best dancers will perform through the whole province.
The festival will end with a big party in Santa Clara.
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June
- End - Fiestas Sanjuaneras (Trinidad)
- Festival of Caribbean Culture
- Half June - Festival de Boleros
de Oro (Santiago, Moron, Havana), Concerts of the best Cuban and
foreign Bolero singers, readings as well.
- 1 till 15 - Encuentro de Bandas
de Concierto (Plaza de la Revolution, Bayamo) Performances of
National and International bands. Readings, workshops.
- End of June - Fiesta del Gallo
(Moron), Parades in the sign of the rooster, the symbol of the
city.
- Every other year at the end of
June - Jornada Cucalambeana, Encuentro Festival Iberoamericano
de la Decima (Las Tunas), Most important festival of the Rural
Cuban Culture. Concerts and performances of poets, musicians and
repentistas (impromptu). Readings and litarairy meetings, exhibitions
of local activitie and theatre.
- Carnaval in Havana, a parade of
decorated cars driving from Hotel Nacional to Calle Belascoain
and music performances of comparsas (prosession group who prepare
this the whole year). During the weekends free concerts at the
Piragua.
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July
- Last week - Carnival santiago
de Cuba, Parade of decorated cars through the streets of the city,
music of comparsas and a show of the Tropicana at Santiago.
- 25-27 July - Celebration of the
National Rebellion, every year in a different city. The official
tribute because of the Moncada barrack attacks at July 26 1953.
Fidel Castro will always speech at one of the Revoltion Squares
in a Cuban city. Lots of concerts etc around the country.
- Festival de Titere (Havana) puppet
festival in Havana Vieja
- Fiesta del Fuego (Santiago de
Cuba)
- Festival Internacional de Musica
Contemporanea de Camaguey, Big festival about todays music, with
concerts, workgroups and a roundtable for discussions about Cuban
music en foreign composers.
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August
- 13 August Fidel Castros birthday
(1926)
- End of August, ones in 2 years
- Festival Internacional de Musica Popular "Beny More"
(Cienfuegos) Festival of
the popular Cuban music and its most important representatives,
with readings etc about Beny More.
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September
- 8 - Festa de la Virgin del Cobre
(Santiago de Cuba)
- Second half of September - Festival
de Teatro de la Habana, 2 times a year event with performances
of dance, opera, puppettheatre, streetacts and pantamime.
- Metamoros Son (Santiago), Festival
of Son, 2 years event.
- Festival de Teatro de Camaguey,
National Theatre competition, a tribute to Gertrudis Gomez de
Avellaneda.
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October
- 10 October - Day of Cuban Culture
- Havana Festival of Contemporary
Music Trinidad (10 days)
- Second half of Oct. - Fiesta de
la Cultura Iberoamericana (Holguin) Festival about the Spanish
culture with concerts, exhibitions, readings and festivals.
- Second half of Oct. - Festival
Internacional de Ballet de la Habana, Teatro Garcia Lorca Havana.
A wide open view on classical ballet, organised by the Ballet
Nacional de Cuba.
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November
- End - Semana de la Cultura Trinitaria
Trinidad
- Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporeano,
Centro Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana (twice a year).
A expo competition of modern art with rewards to win. Next to
this expo,, discussions and readings.
- Festejos de San Cristobal de la
Habana
- Festval International de Coros,
Sala Dolores, Teatro Heredia (Santiago de Cuba)
- Second half of Nov. - Festival
de Raices Africanas "Wemilere", Guanabacoa. African
parties.
- Festival Cubadanzon, Teatro Sauto,
Matanzas. Performances of danzon orchestras and dancers, courses
and trades
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December
- First half of Dec. - Festival
Internacional Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (ICAIC) International
Festival of Latin American Film Habana. The most important Cuban
movie festival with lots of foreign famous people. The cinemas
show the newest Latin American movies.
- First half of Dec. - Fiesta Guantanamera,
Guantanamo. Demonstrations en readings about Afro Cuban religions.
- Dec 17 - Dia de San Lazaro, Santiago
de las Vegas, El Rincon. Religious Cubans go to the church of
Rincon....a lot from far away by feet.
- 8 till 24 - Parrandas di Remedios.
Cuba's most popular nacional party.
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