Cayo Coco (Jardines del Rey) weather in May

May in Cayo Coco: sweltering, rainy, with clean air — fine if you can take 35°C afternoons.

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Cayo Coco🇨🇺 Cuba · Greater Antilles · Island83
  1. 88Jan
  2. 92Feb
  3. 92Mar
  4. 91Apr
  5. 83May
  6. 85Jun
  7. 84Jul
  8. 83Aug
  9. 79Sep
  10. 79Oct
  11. 85Nov
  12. 88Dec

#9 of 12 months in Cayo Coco · #564 of 1413 destinations to visit in May · comfort 83/100 (tier A)

Days
31°C
Nights
24°C
Wet days
17
Sun
11.2 h
Humidity
79%
Daylight
13 h
Cayo Coco, Cuba
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Traveller notes on Cayo Coco in May

Other months in Cayo Coco

Cayo Coco's forum describes August as genuinely hot and humid, with the typical rain pattern being a brief, isolated shower triggered by daytime heating - posters specifically pointed to late afternoon, often around 4pm, as the likeliest window, hit-or-miss and usually over quickly. It's technically hurricane season, but posters noted actual direct impacts are relatively rare in a given year. The trade-off several regulars highlighted: genuinely lower prices and a quieter island in exchange for accepting both the heat and the storm-season risk.
JardinesDelReyRegular · August · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe February as one of the least rainy months here, typically only around 6 days of any precipitation across the whole month, with some of those just a brief 10-minute shower. Posters do flag real variability: an unlucky visitor can catch a cold front that lingers about three days and drops temperatures as low as 16C, with mid-February generally reported as a touch warmer and more settled than the first half of the month. A near-constant coastal breeze is described as a welcome cooling presence on warmer days, though posters recommend packing a light sweater or jacket just in case a cooler, breezier stretch rolls through.
Tripadvisor community · February · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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Cayo Coco climate normals — May

Daytime high31°C / 87°F🔥 sweltering
Nighttime low24°C / 74°F
Feels like (high)35°C / 95°F
Sea temperature30°C / 85°F♨️ bath-warm
Rainfall124 mm / 4.9 in🌧 rainy
Rainy days17 days
Humidity79%💦 very humid
Dew point23°C / 73°F
Sunshine11.2 h/day
Daylight13.2 h
Wind22 km/h / 14 mph
Air quality (US AQI)35🍃 good

Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.

Crowds in Cayo Coco in May

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Shoulder seasonan ordinary month(estimated)

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Best months for Cayo Coco's weather

Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).

Fair weatherCayo Coco's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.

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What's on in Cayo Coco in May

Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.

  • Nature

    Flamingo colony

    1 May – 31 Aug · usuallyBirdlife season

    The shallow lagoons on the cay's south side hold Cuba's second-largest flamingo colony, visible from the causeway at a distance. American flamingos across the wider Caribbean nest roughly March to August, when the birds concentrate at mud-mound colonies rather than spreading out to feed. Source ↗

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Cayo Coco in May — FAQ

Is May a good time to visit Cayo Coco?
May in Cayo Coco: sweltering, rainy, with clean air — fine if you can take 35°C afternoons. It ranks #9 of 12 months for Cayo Coco on SeasonMap's comfort score (83/100).
What is the weather like in Cayo Coco in May?
In May, Cayo Coco averages a daily high of 30.5°C and a low of 23.5°C, with about 124.2 mm of rain over roughly 16.6 rainy days.
What is the air quality in Cayo Coco in May?
Cayo Coco has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 35 in May.