This page is the complete Zakat guide for Cuba, and is paid, in practice, in CUP, at local prices, through local channels. This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: local thresholds, a local worked example worth CUP 40,328 of savings, local payment channels and local Ramadan dates. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into CUP on the day you actually calculate.
The two thresholds a payer in Cuba is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are CUP 160,445 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at CUP 1,834 per gram — and CUP 14,403, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at CUP 24 per gram, with the conversion running at 24 CUP per US dollar. Read them as the shape of the answer rather than its final digit: the CUP rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. The practical consequence in Cuba: net savings that pass CUP 14,403 and stay there for a lunar year are zakatable at 2.5% under the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash.
In Cuba today, the Zakat of most households leaves through a small number of well-worn channels: mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan, charity platforms and mobile giving apps and payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers. Whichever route you choose, Zakat must actually reach people inside Quran 9:60's eight categories, with ownership genuinely passing to them (tamlik). A common pattern in Cuba: settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Ask distributors how the money is separated, file the confirmation with your PDF report, and confirm whether any administration deduction touches the Zakat itself. Because community life in Cuba runs in Spanish, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 1448 AH is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027 in Cuba as elsewhere, subject to the sighting of the new moon which local announcements confirm. The final ten nights open with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, the search for Laylat al-Qadr falling on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March and the 27th night falling on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, with Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Daily fasting times for Cuba are gathered through the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and remember Fitrana falls due before the Eid prayer.
Take a saver in Cuba with CUP 40,328 across cash and savings accounts — some 2.8 times the silver Nisab — with nothing owed. It clears the Nisab and completes a hawl, so 2.5% is due: CUP 1,008. Add any gold, stock or foreign currency in CUP first; the 2.5% then applies to the combined net total.
At this page's reference prices, the gold threshold is CUP 160,445 — 87.48 grams of gold — with the silver Nisab at CUP 14,403 — 612.36 grams of silver. Those conversions rest on per-gram values of CUP 1,834 for gold and silver at CUP 24 the gram in Cuba, at 24 CUP per US dollar. Both metals trade daily, so check the live calculator for the threshold of your actual due date; silver is the standard most scholars advise for cash.
For Cuba, the money of the calculation is CUP (Cuban peso). Balances in other currencies is converted into CUP at the rate of your Zakat due date and added to the total before the Nisab test . What travels is the method, not the money: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Total the zakatable side in CUP — cash, savings, gold and silver at today's prices, stock, investments and receivables. Net off debts due, then set the net figure against the Nisab — CUP 14,403 on the silver standard, or CUP 160,445 on the gold standard. If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount — the worked example on this page turns CUP 40,328 of net savings into CUP 1,008 of Zakat.
Fitrana (Zakat al-Fitr) is not a fixed ZakatSuite figure: it is one sa' of staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per household member. Scholars and councils in Cuba set the rate in CUP each year, with announcements commonly made in Spanish. It is paid for every member of the household, including children, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. Enter the announced CUP rate in the Fitrana calculator and it totals the household's duty.
Cuba is listed in the Americas region, and its community languages are recorded as Spanish. The country code is CU, (zakatsuite.com/cu) — and this address for the full guide. Every one of the 209 tools accepts Cuba with CUP, with PDF reports for the record.