Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Barrios weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Puerto Barrios: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (66 km away). In December its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Puerto Barrios, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Puerto Barrios ranks joint 8th of 23 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 23 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 23 cities is 24.1°C; Puerto Barrios is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 244 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Puerto Barrios climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 244 | 20.4 | 11.311 h |
| February | 26.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 135 | 16.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 121 | 14.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 83 | 13.2 | 12.512 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 171 | 20.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 288 | 27.2 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 320 | 30.1 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 280 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 302 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 373 | 26.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 400 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 25.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 243 | 22.0 | 11.211 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 66 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 70 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 72 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 93 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 112 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Panzos in DecemberGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Chiquimula in DecemberGuatemala · 145 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in DecemberHonduras · 150 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 63 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Puerto Barrios) is explained once on the Puerto Barrios year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.