Check the weather city by city, starting with Havana.
Cuba is a time capsule: 1950s American cars, salsa and son music drifting through Havana's streets, untouched beaches in Varadero and Cayo Coco, UNESCO-listed colonial Trinidad, and the Viñales Valley with its limestone mogotes and tobacco plantations. A unique country, frozen in time and utterly captivating.
Havana is one of the most charismatic capitals in the world: its seafront Malecón, gleaming 1950s American cars, UNESCO-listed Old Havana, legendary mojito bars (La Bodeguita del Medio) and music everywhere you go. A city that lives intensely despite everything.
Highlights : Malecón at sunset, El Capitolio, Revolution Square.
Trinidad is Cuba's best-preserved colonial town and a UNESCO site: its historic centre of pink cobblestones and ochre-orange houses frames Plaza Mayor. At night, the steps of Casa de la Música and the street bars pulse with Cuban son until dawn.
Highlights : Plaza Mayor & Church of the Holy Trinity, Topes de Collantes waterfalls (hiking), Valle de los Ingenios (UNESCO) — former sugar mills.
The Viñales Valley, a UNESCO site, is Cuba's most iconic landscape: limestone sugarloaf formations (mogotes) rise above red tobacco plantations—the finest tobacco in the world. The vegas (tobacco farms) can be explored on horseback or by bike.
Highlights : Mogotes — giant karst formations, Cueva del Indio — cave boat ride, Hike or ride horseback between the mogotes.
Varadero offers 23 km of white-sand beach, one of the longest in the Caribbean. The cays (Cayo Coco, Cayo Santa María) are wild islets with turquoise waters and relatively few crowds, accessible from Ciego de Ávila.
Highlights : Varadero Beach (23 km of white sand), Cayo Coco — wild beach & flamingos, Snorkelling and diving (Varadero reefs), Cayo Santa María — crystal-clear waters.
Cuba has a complex monetary system for travellers. Since 2021, the CUP (Cuban peso) has been the only official currency. Euros or dollars are exchanged into CUP. Consumer goods can be hard to find and prices fluctuate. Bring cash.