Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Choluteca weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ciudad Choluteca: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 396 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (75 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Ciudad Choluteca, with 373 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Ciudad Choluteca ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 27.9°C; Ciudad Choluteca is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 396 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chinandega in OctoberNicaragua · 75 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in OctoberHonduras · 86 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Estelí in OctoberNicaragua · 92 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 248 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 102 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 409 mm rain
- Danlí in OctoberHonduras · 103 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 190 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in OctoberEl Salvador · 110 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 304 mm rain
- Matagalpa in OctoberNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in OctoberHonduras · 160 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 266 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.