Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Choluteca weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th 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 Ciudad Choluteca: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 323 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (75 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Ciudad Choluteca, with 266 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Ciudad Choluteca ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; Ciudad Choluteca is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 323 mm to 340 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chinandega in MayNicaragua · 75 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in MayHonduras · 86 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 92 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 102 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 281 mm rain
- Danlí in MayHonduras · 103 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in MayEl Salvador · 110 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MayNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MayHonduras · 160 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 205 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.