Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Barrios weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Puerto Barrios: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (66 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Puerto Barrios, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 23 cities listed in Guatemala, Puerto Barrios ranks 3rd of 23 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 23 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 23 cities is 26.3°C; Puerto Barrios is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 288 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in MayHonduras · 66 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Choloma in MayHonduras · 70 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MayHonduras · 72 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 142 mm rain
- El Progreso in MayHonduras · 93 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MayHonduras · 112 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Panzos in MayGuatemala · 118 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Chiquimula in MayGuatemala · 145 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MayHonduras · 150 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 205 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.