Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Choluteca weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ciudad Choluteca: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 286 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (75 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, 1.9°C cooler than Ciudad Choluteca, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Ciudad Choluteca ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Ciudad Choluteca is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 286 mm to 425 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chinandega in AugustNicaragua · 75 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in AugustHonduras · 86 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Estelí in AugustNicaragua · 92 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 102 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Danlí in AugustHonduras · 103 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in AugustEl Salvador · 110 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AugustNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AugustHonduras · 160 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 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.