CubaAtlas Adds Live Weather and Hurricane Tracking to Its Cuba Map

The new Weather & Storms layer shows current conditions for Cuba's main cities and, during the Atlantic hurricane season, active tropical-storm and hurricane tracks drawn from official forecast data. It sits alongside the atlas's existing layers, so a traveller can lay the forecast directly over the beaches, cities and parks they are considering rather than switching between a map and a separate weather service.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs June to November and peaks from August to October, when systems can track across the Caribbean toward the island. By placing live storm tracks on the planning map, CubaAtlas says it aims to help travellers watch developing systems calmly and in context, rather than either ignoring the season or writing off half the year.

A companion weather page summarises conditions city by city and links straight into the live map, and a new long-form guide breaks the Cuban climate down month by month — from the dry, cooler winter that draws most visitors to the hot, green, storm-watched summer. The project frames the feature as being about perspective as much as data: most of the wet season passes with nothing worse than an afternoon downpour, and storms are forecastable days ahead.

"We wanted planning and safety to live in the same place," a project spokesperson said. "The same map that shows you where the beaches are should show you when the weather has other ideas — with enough context that a traveller can make a calm, informed decision."

The project sees three groups getting the most from the feature. Off-season travellers — those visiting between June and November to avoid peak crowds and prices — gain a way to weigh the weather trade-off with real forecast data rather than a vague warning. Sailors and cruisers, who watch developing systems closely, get storm tracks on the same map as the marinas and ports of entry they plan around. And anyone booking from abroad can use the month-by-month guide alongside the live layer to choose a travel window with open eyes.

Because the layer sits inside the wider atlas, its value compounds: a family can check that their chosen beach and their casa's city both look settled for the week ahead, then move straight from the forecast to plotting the restaurants and things to do around them, without ever leaving the map.

The weather layer joins layers for beaches, national parks, cities, hotels, restaurants, car rental, airports, marinas and everyday essentials, each of which also has its own guide page. Like the rest of the atlas, the weather data is drawn from open and official sources and presented without commercial placement.

CubaAtlas is an independent, non-commercial atlas of Cuba built on one layered, interactive map. It combines open geographic data with live official feeds for conditions and storms, and it exists to inform travellers rather than to sell to them: there is no advertising, no paid listing and no booking engine anywhere on the site.

Free to use in seven languages and without registration, the atlas spans beaches, parks, cities and the practical services a trip depends on — all reachable from a single map.