Cardenas
Cárdenas, a city in Cuba's Matanzas Province east of Havana, is where the Cuban flag was first raised and where Havana Club rum began production in 1934. The city retains a grid of straight, narrow streets still travelled by horse-drawn carriages, and is associated with blue crabs — locally called "cangrejos" — a detail that has earned it an informal culinary identity. It sits close to the coast and within reach of mountain terrain.
Description drafted with AI from public sources such as Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap. How this works
- Population98,515
- Nearest water from center 1.1 km0.7 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 7.4 km4.6 mi
Cardenas: quick answers
Where is Cardenas?
Cardenas is in Cuba, about 121 km75 miles in a straight line from Havana.
How do you get to Cardenas?
The nearest airport is Santa Marta (VRO), about 25 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Cardenas?
The warmest month is August, averaging 28°C82°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 22°C72°F. The wettest month is September, with about 149 mm5.9 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Cardenas?
OpenStreetMap lists 4 museums, 7 restaurants, 3 cafés and 13 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Cardenas?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Matanzas, Limonar and Jovellanos.