Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Barrios weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Puerto Barrios: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (66 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Puerto Barrios, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Puerto Barrios ranks joint 10th of 23 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 23 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 23 cities is 27.0°C; Puerto Barrios is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in MarchHonduras · 66 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Choloma in MarchHonduras · 70 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MarchHonduras · 72 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 107 mm rain
- El Progreso in MarchHonduras · 93 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MarchHonduras · 112 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Panzos in MarchGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Chiquimula in MarchGuatemala · 145 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MarchHonduras · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 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.