Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Choluteca weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Ciudad Choluteca: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (75 km away). In March its highs average 33.8°C, 2.8°C cooler than Ciudad Choluteca, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Ciudad Choluteca ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Ciudad Choluteca is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chinandega in MarchNicaragua · 75 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in MarchHonduras · 86 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Estelí in MarchNicaragua · 92 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.2 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in MarchNicaragua · 102 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Danlí in MarchHonduras · 103 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in MarchEl Salvador · 110 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MarchNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MarchHonduras · 160 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 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.