Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos, capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about 250 km (160 mi) from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 2022. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especially in the energy and sugar sectors. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur. Despite being known as an industrial city of factories and various power plants, and the name Cienfuegos literally translating to "one hundred fires", the city actually takes its name from the surname of Asturian-born José Cienfuegos Jovellanos, Captain General of Cuba (1816–19).
- Country
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- Elevation
- 13 m
- Population
- 186,644
- Time zone
- America/Havana
- Coordinates
- 22.15, -80.45
Weather in Cienfuegos month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 31° | 32° | 33° | 34° | 35° | 35° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 35° | 33° | 32° |
| low | 12° | 14° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 19° | 18° | 13° |
| rain | 13 mm | 15 mm | 13 mm | 22 mm | 61 mm | 72 mm | 62 mm | 83 mm | 84 mm | 75 mm | 22 mm | 18 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Cienfuegos is from other cities in Cuba
- Santa Clara57 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 57 min
- Matanzas153 km✈ 56 min · 🚗 2 h 33 min
- Ciego de Ávila177 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 2 h 57 min
- San Miguel del Padrón220 km✈ 1 h 1 min · 🚗 3 h 40 min
- Arroyo Naranjo221 km✈ 1 h 1 min · 🚗 3 h 41 min
- Fontanar224 km✈ 1 h 1 min · 🚗 3 h 44 min
- La Habana227 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 47 min
- Camagüey275 km✈ 1 h 5 min · 🚗 4 h 35 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.