Santiago de Cuba
City in Cuba: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Santiago de Cuba is a city in Cuba, in Santiago de Cuba Province. About 555,865 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Cuba in our atlas.
It lies at 20.02° N, 75.82° W, about 33 m (108 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Havana time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Santiago de Cuba. Green dots: other major cities of Cuba. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Santiago de Cuba has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (68°F). Around 457 mm (18 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in CubaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Guantánamo · 65 km
- Bayamo · 94 km
- Holguín · 106 km
- Las Tunas · 157 km
- Camagüey · 265 km
- Santa Clara · 507 km
- Arroyo Naranjo · 761 km
- Havana · 766 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3536729 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q23789251 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Museo Emilio Bacardi - Santiago de Cuba - 02: Maesi64, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
