Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Barrios weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Puerto Barrios: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (66 km away). In January its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Puerto Barrios, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Puerto Barrios ranks joint 9th of 23 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 23 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 23 cities is 24.6°C; Puerto Barrios is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 135 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in JanuaryHonduras · 66 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Choloma in JanuaryHonduras · 70 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in JanuaryHonduras · 72 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 214 mm rain
- El Progreso in JanuaryHonduras · 93 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in JanuaryHonduras · 112 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Panzos in JanuaryGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Chiquimula in JanuaryGuatemala · 145 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in JanuaryHonduras · 150 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 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.