Climate averages 1991–2020
Catacamas weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Catacamas: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tocoa (93 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Catacamas, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Catacamas ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Catacamas is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Catacamas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 19 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 10 | 3.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 31.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 13 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 31.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 100 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 110 | 21.2 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 77 | 17.2 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 109 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 141 | 18.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 65 | 10.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 23 | 6.0 | 11.311 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
August in nearby cities
- Tocoa in AugustHonduras · 93 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Olanchito in AugustHonduras · 101 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Danlí in AugustHonduras · 117 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- La Ceiba in AugustHonduras · 139 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in AugustHonduras · 165 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Estelí in AugustNicaragua · 202 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AugustHonduras · 210 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- El Progreso in AugustHonduras · 213 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 239 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 Catacamas) is explained once on the Catacamas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.