Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Choluteca weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Ciudad Choluteca: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (75 km away). In April its highs average 33.8°C, 2.6°C cooler than Ciudad Choluteca, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Ciudad Choluteca ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 31.6°C; Ciudad Choluteca is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 323 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ciudad Choluteca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 7.3 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 47 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 323 | 22.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 340 | 22.8 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 159 | 15.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 286 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 425 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 396 | 24.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 58 | 8.5 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.411 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
April in nearby cities
- Chinandega in AprilNicaragua · 75 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in AprilHonduras · 86 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Estelí in AprilNicaragua · 92 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 36 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 102 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Danlí in AprilHonduras · 103 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 32 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in AprilEl Salvador · 110 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AprilNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AprilHonduras · 160 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 48 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 Ciudad Choluteca) is explained once on the Ciudad Choluteca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.