Climate averages 1991–2020
Catacamas weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Catacamas: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tocoa (93 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Catacamas, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Catacamas ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; Catacamas is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 110 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tocoa in MayHonduras · 93 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Olanchito in MayHonduras · 101 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Danlí in MayHonduras · 117 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- La Ceiba in MayHonduras · 139 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in MayHonduras · 165 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 202 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MayHonduras · 210 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 205 mm rain
- El Progreso in MayHonduras · 213 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 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.